AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Sickle-Cell Dactylitis and Vaso-Occlusive Crisis

New codes were created at category D57, Sickle-cell disorders, to identify distinct types of sickle-cell disorders with dactylitis, as follows:• D57.04, Hb-SS disease with dactylitis • D57.214, Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with dactylitis • D57.414, Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with dactylitis  • D57.434, Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with dactylitis • D57.454, Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with dactylitis • D57.814, Other sickle-cell disorders with dactylitis Sickle-cell disease (SCD) usually presents early in childhood. Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) or sickle-cell pain crisis, an acute episode of pain, is usually the primary presenting morbidity associated with SCD. VOC occurs when...

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