ICD-10 codeObjective. To assign the correct ICD-10 code to an intra-abdominal abscess, based on its etiology and position. Methods. The medical records of a hospital from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2013, of patients having a discharge diagnosis of intra-abdominal abscess, were ...
Abbreviation: ICD-9 code = International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification. Keywords: alcoholism, appendectomy, biliary stone, diabetes mellitus, pyogenic liver abscess 1. Introduction The role of the human appendix is still not clearly identified. Recent...
Objective: To determine the efficacy of image-guided drainage versus antibiotic-only treatment of pelvic abscesses. Design: Retrospective cohort analysis. Setting: An academic, inner-city medical center. Patient(s): Women ages 11-49, admitted between 1998 and 2008 with ICD9 code 614.x (inflammat...
In this study, the clinical features of patients with PLA, predominant pathogens causing PLA and therapeutic interventions for liver abscess drainage have changed over the past two decades (Table 2). We observed a trend towards an increased proportion of KP-PLA in all the PLA cases from 2004 t...
Intra-abdominal abscessICD-10 codeObjective. To assign the correct ICD-10 code to an intra-abdominal abscess, based on its etiology and position. Methods. The medical records of a hospital from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 20...Zhaoqing Bai...
Cases were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code 324.1, and a review of medical and radiographic records was performed to confirm each case. Data collected included sociodemographics, medical history, suspected route of infection, treatments, and outcome...
METHODS: After obtaining approval of our Institutional Review Board (IRB), the discharge database of DUMC from January 1997 to March 2007 was searched for the ICD-9-CM code 324.1 (abscess of any part of spinal cord). The electronic medical records of these patients were reviewed to obtain ...