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Wiki aortic valve replacement

Thread starter niana
Start date Sep 21, 2011

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niana

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Sep 21, 2011

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Pt dx with aortic stenosis due to radiation. Pt had aortic valve replacement. Do I still code the 424.1 for aortic valve stenosis?

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dearvinh

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Sep 21, 2011

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No. We can't code 424.1 after aortic valve replacement.

drsnpatil

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Sep 22, 2011

#3

Icd coding

niana said:
Pt dx with aortic stenosis due to radiation. Pt had aortic valve replacement. Do I still code the 424.1 for aortic valve stenosis?

ICD codes should be 996.02, 990 and v43.3.

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