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I'd go 411.81 and/or ask the dr. to clarify
the diagnosis, was there an EKG to verify MI, where did the nurse get that
impression?
Joanne Stutesman, RHIA
Evangelical Homes of Michigan
I believe I would go with the 411.1, Intermediate
Coronary Syndrome.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:34
AM
Subject: Re: Coding Help
I am in LTC. The resident is one of our own who went to the hospital
and returned with the DX of Acute Coronary Syndrome. One of the hospital
nurses was calling it an acute MI, but the doc didn't write that on the
orders.
Deb
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:11
PM
Subject: Re: Coding Help
Deb,
There is a 411 code ( I believe it is
411.1) for something like "Intermediate Coronary Syndrome". What
setting are you in, and is the acute episode resolved? It sounds like
something that would be coded for the acute hospital stay. Do
you have other cardiac diagnoses which are more relevant to your
setting?
Holly
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003
7:28 PM
Subject: Coding Help
I have been unable to come up with an ICD-9 code for "Acute
Coronary Syndrome". What codes are you all using for this?
Thanks,
Deb Shepherd,
RN,BSN
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