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ICD-10-CM Code for MELAS syndrome E88.41

ICD-10 code E88.41 for MELAS syndrome is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .

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Official Long Descriptor

MELAS syndrome
Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes

E88.4

Excludes1: disorders of pyruvate metabolism (E74.4)
Kearns-Sayre syndrome (H49.81)
Leber's disease (H47.22)
Leigh's encephalopathy (G31.82)
Mitochondrial myopathy, NEC (G71.3)
Reye's syndrome (G93.7)

E88

Excludes1: histiocytosis X (chronic) (C96.6)

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ICD-10 Mutually Exclusive
[QUOTE="mitchellde, post: 445232, member: 30657"]for the example you gave E78.00 with E29.1 the edit for mutually exclusive diagnosis is correct. look under the subsection Metabolic disorders (E70-... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 Mutually Exclusive
for the example you gave E78.00 with E29.1 the edit for mutually exclusive diagnosis is correct. look under the subsection Metabolic disorders (E70-E88) Type 1 Excludes: •androgen insensitivi... [ Read More ]
Manifestation vs Sign of disease ?
Yes, I would diagnosis them in addition to cirrhosis of the liver. E88.09 and E80.6 are possible options depending on the documentation.... [ Read More ]
Hoffa's Fat Pad Disease is a Metabolic Disorder??
"Hoffa's Syndrome is a condition in which the infrapatellar fat pad either suffers a contusion or an injury, resulting in damage and swelling. This can lead to the Hoffa's pad becoming trapped between... [ Read More ]
Coding Neuropathy due to chemotherapy
Any chance this might work: G62.0 - Drug-induced polyneuropathy Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) or G63 - Polyneurop... [ Read More ]
Lipomatosis with Morbid Obesity ICD-10
Hey :) I would suggest, we can give preference to biopsy results which is Lipomatosis E88.2 & additional we can code Gastric Bypass status (Z98.84). Hope this helps! VJ... [ Read More ]
R73.01 impaired glucose and e78.5 hyperlipidemia
Just curious as to where you found that these are mutually exclusive? Exclusions under category E78 show E75.0-E75.3 and [URL='https://www.aapc.com/codes/icd-10-codes/E78.5']E78.5[/URL] does not show... [ Read More ]
Mutually Exclusive ICD 10
[QUOTE="sarame, post: 361978, member: 260542"]I found out that E78.0 and E29.1 are not mutually exclusive. I contacted my vendor and per CMS this is an error. So if you are questioning these at any ti... [ Read More ]
Plasma Cell Disorder - codable??
You cannot code multiple myeloma as it is a rule out diagnosis which cannot be coded. The best I can come up with is 273.9. Or ICD-10 E88.09... [ Read More ]
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