Anticoagulants causing adverse effects in therapeutic use (E934.2)
ICD-9 code E934.2 for Anticoagulants causing adverse effects in therapeutic use is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -DRUGS, MEDICINAL AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES CAUSING ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THERAPEUTIC USE (E930-E949).
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Patient takes Coumadin. Patient's INR was critical and PT level high. You can't use the poisoning codes with an E code for therapeutic use - so I am looking at 790.92 as the dx code. Is to appropriate... [ Read More ]
I would agree with 790.92 for abnormal coagulation profile; however, you also need to look at the scenerio. Did the patient take the medication as prescribed or not?
When the anticoagulant therapy... [ Read More ]
Patient comes for Infed but also gets Benadryl and Decadron as prophylactic measure being Infed can cause nausea, diarrhea, fever etc...
Infed is given for Iron Def. but how would you code Decadron ... [ Read More ]
Would need a little more detail, but from what you've given, I would sequence as 820.8, 427.31, E934.2, V58.61. Is the trip to the ER due to the fracture? The V code is for long term use of anticoagul... [ Read More ]
Patient presents to ER after fall. ER physician diagnoses atrial fibrillation, hip fracture and coagulopathy due to warfarin.
#1 -- Would the correct dx code for coagulopathy due to warfin be 964.2 &... [ Read More ]
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[QUOTE="mitchellde, post: 196503, member: 30657"]It is E934.8 . There is a wonderful book from Channel Publishing called the Expanded Table of Drugs and Chemicals. It ... [ Read More ]
It is E934.8 . There is a wonderful book from Channel Publishing called the Expanded Table of Drugs and Chemicals. It is listed in there.... [ Read More ]
I thought about 286.5, BUT when I read the coding clinic this is what I found:
Bleeding in a patient who is being treated with Coumadin, heparin, or another anticoagulant does not indicate that a hem... [ Read More ]
[b]Subtherapeutic is too little...not too much[/b]
790.92 is absolutely correct.
To use 964.2 and E934.2, you are essentially telling the insurance company that this patient received WAY TOO MUCH ... [ Read More ]
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