AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 4 (April)
ICD-10-CM Acute (Subacute) and Chronic Conditions (April 2016)
April 2016 page 7 ICD-10-CM Acute (Subacute) and Chronic Conditions In the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code set, "acute (subacute)" and "chronic" are terms related to the diagnostic code selection. The term "acute (subacute)" refers to conditions with rapid onset, severe symptoms, and a short course. The term "chronic" refers to conditions with long duration, showing little change or slow progression (see Table 1 below). On the other hand, subacute conditions fall somewhere between acute and chronic, however, they lean more toward acute conditions rather than chronic conditions. Therefore, the term "acute (subacute)" in...
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