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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1997 Third Quarter; Corrections
Admission For Radioactive Iodine Therapy
Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 1992,page 6, Example #2. This advice was superseded by the October 1, 1996 addenda changes. The code for the condition (in this example, malignant neoplasm of thyroid) should now be sequenced as the principal diagnosis when the patient is admitted for radioactive iodine therapy. Please note that ICD instructions always take precedence over previous Coding Clinic advice.
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