ICD-9 code 759 for Other and unspecified congenital anomalies is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759).
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[QUOTE="joy.grassman@providence.org, post: 349530, member: 313416"]The condition is called Dextrocardia. The I9 code is 746.87
If the patient has all their organs reversed it's called situs inversus ... [ Read More ]
[b]you are correct[/b]
The condition is called Dextrocardia. The I9 code is 746.87
If the patient has all their organs reversed it's called situs inversus 759.3... [ Read More ]
The 759.6 is a congenital anomaly code, and I think this would need to be stated as congenital to code this way. 759.6 is referenced as
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