AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1988 Second Quarter

Dehydration

Note:As of October 1, 2005, code 276.5 has been expanded to the fifth digit level to differentiate volume depletion, dehydration and hypovolemia. Dehydration, 276.5, refers to water depletion. Symptoms and signs of dehydration, such as dryness of mucous membranes, loss of skin turgor, and anorexia, may be due to inadequate fluid intake, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, or polyuria. With more severe degrees of volume depletion, the patient is often lethargic, weak, and obtunded and shock or coma may occur. The treatment goal is total replacement of fluid deficit within 48-72 hours where possible. Conditions such as burns, gastrointestinal...

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