While this new coding system has advantages for clinical care and billing, the degree to which providers and researchers are utilizing the expanded code structure is unknown. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of ICD-10 vision codes in a large cohort of stroke survivors. ...
Older adults can experience vision impairment following stroke in combination with pre-existing ophthalmologic disease. The new ICD-10 coding system for identifying vision related health conditions provides a much higher level of detail for coding these complex scenarios than the previous ICD-9 system....
For example, while stroke is located in the neurology chapter of ICD-11-MMS, the disease also appears in the cardiovascular chapter (where it was located in ICD-10), with an indication that its primary location is elsewhere. Hence, multiple parenting in the Foundation allows categories to ...
In this database, diagnoses are coded according the Swedish version of the 10th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) adapted for primary care [5]. The frequency of visits with a coded diagnosis is an established measure of quality. A previous study has shown that ...
13,41 Trauma-exposed populations have higher prevalence of respiratory disease, peptic ulcers, digestive disorders, arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, renal disease, musculoskeletal problems, autoimmune disorders, and neurological problems than non–trauma-exposed populations.6,36,41–43 ...
10. Acute and Chronic Conditions If the same condition is described as both acute (subacute) and chronic, and separate subentries exist in the Alphabetic Index at the same indentation level, code both and sequence the acute (subacute) code first. 11. Combination Code A combination code is a...
of the ICD-10, but takes into account the official WHO updates endorsed in 2011 and 2012. In January 2015, among the over 6,954 clinical entities listed by Orphanet, 355 of them only have a unique specific code in ICD 10 and 162 can be specifically mapped to a set of ICD10 codes. ...
detecting operable electrodes and automatically switching to an operable pair if dislodgement occurs; measuring respiration or minute ventilation; measuring thoracic impedance for determining shock thresholds; detecting when the device has been implanted; measuring stroke volume; and detecting the opening of...