AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2004 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED DIAGNOSIS CODES

Genetic Susceptibility to Disease

Effective October 1, 2004, a new category (V84) has been created to report genetic susceptibility to disease. With modern advances in gene research and molecular biology, it is now possible to identify if a patient has a genetic susceptibility to certain types of diseases. Genetic susceptibility biomarkers identify preexisting inherited genetic defects that increase the risk of a disease, such as malignant neoplasm. Inheritance of a defective gene is a factor in less than 5% of people who develop cancer. Scientists at the National Cancer Institute have been conducting molecular research to identify the sources and types of gene...

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