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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 Fourth Quarter; VOLUMES 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED CODES
Aldosteronism
Effective October 1, 2003, code 255.1, Hyperaldosteronism, has been expanded to separately identify primary aldosteronism (255.10), glucocorticoid- remediable aldosteronism (255.11), Conn's syndrome (255.12), Bartter's syndrome (255.13) and other secondary aldosteronism (255.14). Code 255.1 included several different states of aldosterone excess that required different diagnostic work-up and different treatment. The new codes will now allow differentiation between these different conditions.
255 Disorders of adrenal glands
255.1 Hyperaldosteronism
Delete Aldosteronism (primary) (secondary)
Bartter's syndrome
Conn's syndrome
New code 255.10 Primary aldosteronism
Aldosteronism NOS
Hyperaldosteronism, unspecified
New code 255.11 Glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism
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