Since the primary codes for diabetes mellitus do not include whether a patient is using insulin or not, a second code must therefore be used to code that. For example, ICD-10 code: Z79.4, “Long term (current) insulin use”. The use of the word “long term” unfortunately does not ne...
A stone was removed from the common bile duct.Final diagnostic statement:1. Acute and chronic cholecystitis with choledocholithiasis and cholelithiasis.2. Hypertension. Correct code assignment is ICD-10-CM Code(s) with POA Indicator: K80.66-Y, K66.0-Y, I10-Y, Z53.31CD-10-PCS Code(s): 0...
Taylor, B 1998 Common bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Ontario: does ICD-9 coding indicate true incidence? CMAJ 158 481 485Taylor, B (1998) Common bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Ontario: Does ICD-9 coding indicate true incidence?. CMAJ 158: pp....
This will be clearer in ICD-10.) Patient was admitted for cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation. The patient had easten breakfast so the procedure was cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date. What procedure code would be assigned? none, no code (or something similar)The answer...