Aftercare for injuries during the healing and recovery phase should be coded with the injury code and the appropriate 7thcharacter for subsequent encounters rather than a Z code. An example would be aftercare for an unspecified fracture of the lower end of the right humerus. Because the patient ...
of other psychoactive substances Four- and five-character codes may be used to specify the clinical conditions, as follows: F1x.0 Acute intoxication .00 Uncomplicated .01 With trauma or other bodily injury .02 With other medical complications .03 With delirium .04 With perceptual distortions .05...
PlentyofroomforexpansioninICD-103ICD-9-CMDiagnosisCodesAre3–5digits;•Thefirstdigitisalpha(EorV)ornumeric(alphacharactersarenotcasesensitive);•Digits2–5arenumeric;andAdecimalisusedafterthethirdcharacter. Examples: •496–Chronicairwayobstruction,notelsewhereclassified(NEC);•511.9–Unspecified...
Unspecified mental and behavioural disorder F1x.6 F1x.7 F1x.8 F1x.9 Introduction This block contains a wide variety of disorders that differ in severity (from uncomplicated intoxication and harmful use to obvious psychotic disorders and dementia), but that are all attributable to the use of ...
sampling was performed as follows: Malignant neoplasms of the female reproductive system (gynecological cancer; malignant neoplasms of the breast, ovary, cervix and corpus, vulva and vagina, and other unspecified female reproductive organs) were defined as the presence of the same C code more than ...
The association between RVLS and BSA is unspecified [15]. The question arises if including indexation of RVLS might increase the prognostic value of RVLS in the detection of acute PE and in prognosing a short-term outcome in PE patients. The aim of the study is to evaluate the usefulness...