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midnightsun1369

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Please help in verification of code that should be used for
end stage heart failure. ?428.9

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This is what I found in my quick research of "end stage heart failure":

"Patients with end stage heart failure fall into stage D of the ABCD classification of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA), and class III–IV of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification;"

Per ICD9Data.com and came up with 428.0. Look at all the descriptions of that code and you will see reference to those stages.

I would reasearch a bit more and maybe query the doctor and past medical history to clarify if it is congestive heart failure. That's my opinion!
 
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