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14 ICD-10-CM Codes for the Holiday Season
If you are a medical coder, you may assign some of these ICD-10-CM codes during the holiday season. Accidents, Injuries, and Emotional Stress During the Holidays The holidays can be such a wonderful time of the year for so many people. It’s all about family gatherings, traditions, and religion. But the holidays can also be…
Coding For Acute Myocardial Infarction
A myocardial infarction occurs about every 40 seconds in this country. And because of this high number, you will likely come across this heart condition at some point in your coding career. There are quite a few coding guidelines pertaining to the circulatory system and acute myocardial infarctions. Still, if you know them and how…
Depression With Anxiety and Thoughts of Suicide in ICD-10
Depression can be a big problem in not only adults but in children and adolescents as well. This coding scenario involves assigning the appropriate codes for depression with anxiety and thoughts of suicide in ICD-10. Name That Code Question: A 16-year-old male, who has been seeing his physician for anxiety and depression for the past…
Identify Hypothermia and Correctly Report Diagnoses in ICD-10-CM
Learn how to identify hypothermia and assign the appropriate ICD-10-CM codes here. My Uncle Jim lives in Maine, where the winters get exceptionally cold. Last year he needed to save some money, so he turned his heat down to 62 degrees. That decision almost cost him his life. When Uncle Jim’s daughter, my cousin Julie,…
