MedAbbrev, now by innoviHealth, has been the industry standard for medical abbreviations and acronyms since 1983. Quick and easy access for hospitals, providers, coders, transcriptionists, students and researchers to over 75,000 entries. With clear and accurate standardization that is always current, medical professionals can reduce the chance of error stemming from misunderstood abbreviations.
AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES
Slow Virus Infections and Prion Diseases of Central Nervous System
Effective October 1, 2008, category 046 has been revised to include prion diseases of the central nervous system. Prion diseases infecting humans include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), Gertsmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and fatal familial insomnia (FFI). These diseases, previously thought to be caused by a slow virus, are now widely believed to be caused by proteinaceous infectious particles known as prions. A prion is an altered form of a normal brain protein.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (046.19) is a rare, transmissible, rapidly progressing degenerative neurological disorder that is invariably fatal. It is characterized by progressive dementia and gradual...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .
The official AHA publication for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines and advice
Current newsletters added each quarter
Full Archives - over 3100 articles
ALL years/issues back to 1984 organized by year and issue
Includes ICD-10-CM/PCS Articles since 2013
Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
Code Information pages link back to related articles
View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products: