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    Wiki Coding symptoms of TIA

    I have coders and auditors suddenly coding symptoms of TIA such as slurred speech, facial droop, parenthesis, etc. My understanding and coding practice has always been that only the code for TIA would be used as this is not coded the same way CVA is. Thoughts??
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    Wiki Sequelae of Cerebrovascular Disease

    If a patient presents for a f/u to an Ischemic stroke and has complaints of muscle weakness to the Left side, am I able to assume the causal relationship considering the patient had a stroke and code a Sequelae as secondary or would the physician have to state: Left side weakness DUE TO ......."...
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    Wiki CVA due to intracranial head injury per past medical records

    Hello! I am in search of some advice in regards to adding S06.9X0S (Unspecified intracranial injury without loss of consciousness) to a patient's chart in addition to the CVA and late effect codes. The CVA was caused secondary to a head injury per past medical records, however, the records do...
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    Wiki Cva with deficits in icd-10

    Can anyone tell if there is a guideline stating to report neurologic deficits associated with an acute CVA? Is it found in ICD-9, but I can't seem to locate it anywhere in ICD-10. Maybe it's no longer there??? Thanks for the help!
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