Pediatric Coding Alert
Correction:
RLQ Goes to 789.03, LLQ Goes to 789.04
Published on Fri Aug 28, 2009
Go online for your updated abdominal pain diagram In Pediatric Coding Alert, vol. 12, no. 6, the diagram of the abdomen reversed the bottom two quadrants and their identifying ICD-9 codes. Thanks to an astute reader for catching that the ICD-9 code for the RLQ- Right Lower Quadrant is incorrectly listed as 789.04 and the LLQ- Left Lower Quadrant is incorrectly listed as 789.03. The arrows should have instead indicated the RLQ- Right Lower Quadrant as 789.03 and the LLQ- Left Lower Quadrant as 789.04. For a corrected diagram, please e-mail the editor at jenniferg@elirsesearch.com.
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