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decreased blood flow to the right foot

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srinivas r sajja

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Hi All,

Please suggest me the ICD for decreased blood flow to the right foot

thanks in advance,

Sreenivas Sajja
 
Ischemia

Hello,

Ischemia is the medical term describing decreased blood flow to an organ or tissue: Index mainterm-Ischemia; locate subterm-muscles, leg: directs to code 728.89 (hopefully another coder can verify this since I am using 2008 codes)
 
Hi,
I understand that blood flow decrease is only an associated symptom of a current condition or problem. Say, for example usually, Peripheral Vascular Disease(PVD)- 443.9, results in decreased vascular flow and the outcome would be necrosis named gangrene: 785.4-
So, in my idea PVD could be coded- Please check. If necrosis mentioned, gangrene also can be coded.
 
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