AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2012 Issue 1

Corrections

Subacute Deep Vein Thrombosis Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2011, page 21, advised the assignment of code 453.9, Acute venous embolism and thrombosis of other specified veins, of unspecified site, for a subacute deep vein thrombosis (DVT). However, code 453.40, Acute venous embolism and thrombosis of unspecified deep vessels of lower extremity, is the default when “Thrombosis, vein, deep” is referenced in the index. Clotted Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2011, pages 4-5, contained an error. The answer should have read 996.74, Other complications of internal (biological) (synthetic) prosthetic device, implant, and...

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