Moreover, only 66.8% underwent cardiac catheterization and 91.5% underwent echocardiography. These findings suggest that, although all but a few hospitalized patients with an ICD code for SCM had a diagnosis of SCM, some of these were chronic cases, and numerous patients with a new diagnosis of...
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 should be "None" or "no code" or...
Among primary ICD codes for SCM, 98% had active disease, while 87% of secondary codes had active manifestations of SCM. Primary SCM had higher rates of cardiac catheterization (88% versus 53%; p<0.001) and echocardiogram (95.9% vs 88.6%; p<0.002) as compared with secondary diagnosis. ...