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Wiki Deconditioned State

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brittany1356

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Hello. Does anyone know how to code "deconditioned state"? :)

Thank you.
 
With geriatric patients I often see the term "deconditioned", the closest I come is debility. Really the provider should be queried. Generally overall deconditioning is debility, but I think you have to determine the context....as Arlene asked. Muscular atrophy is a possibility.
 
amsmith said:
We use 799.3 debility.
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The definition for deconditioned is: to cause to lose physical fitness; whereas the definition of debility is: the state of being weak or feeble. There is a difference in what the patient's actual physical state is...so need some clarfication before giving the patient a condition they don't have.
 
I agree with Arlene. I have been told numerous times to use the debility code for a "deconditioning" diagnosis, (but NEVER the V code) and I do not necessarily agree. I usually query to provider to be more specific, as Arlene suggests. I see this diagnosis mostly with swingbed patients and we are trying to convince our docs to be more specifi.
 
We see this dx a lot in our rehabilitation facilty and we always use 799.3 for debility.
 
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