tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2014 Issue 3

ICD-10 Coding: Don't Develop Ulcers and Rashes Over Your Digestive and Skin Disease Dx Coding

You may have to search other chapters to find the diagnosis code you need for these systems An increasing number of ED presentations involve diseases of the digestive system. That includes everything from ingestion to elimination, to put it delicately, and involves diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands, diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum, diseases of the appendix, hernia, non-infective enteritis and colitis, diseases of the liver, gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas. Common ED presentations in this family include dental presentations like loss of teeth due to trauma, complete or partial (K08.111 – K08.119 and K08...

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