tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2021 Issue Q4

You Be the Coder: Understand Acute Vs. Chronic Tonsillitis

Question: When can tonsillitis be classified as acute, and when is it considered chronic? Is it when a week or two has passed with the symptoms not getting better? Michigan Subscriber Answer: Not necessarily. While it may be tempting to think that the difference involves a timeframe, such as the one provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that states “chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last 1 year or more,” (https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/index.htm), the reality is that ICD-10 does not assign a specific time period to any condition designated as...

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