HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2017 Issue 52 (December)

Q&A: Coding for ongoing encephalopathy

December 21st, 2017

Q: What would be the ideal way to code a case where a patient has ongoing encephalopathy after a subdural hematoma multiple years ago? I keep seeing documentation as a brain injury with ongoing encephalopathy, but is there a way to improve on this?

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