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Can anyone help me find an icd-9 code for trochlear dysplasia? Pt has a patellar dislocation with trochlear dysplasia. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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Wiki diagnosis code for trochlear dysplasia
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Hope this helps 
Twould seem from some quick research that Trochlear Dysplasia is a mal-formation of the femoral end of the knee joint, and often associated with patellar dislocation. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=1863 and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21205763
Since the condition isn't specified as congenital in anything I could find, I would think that the best coding path would be Anomaly/knee(joint)... Code 755.64 (ICD-9-CM 2012 Pro)... Which oddly enough is described as a congenital deformity of the knee joint
I would use updated manuals, and do some further research. I just finished an online coding course, so take it for what it's worth. Good luck in your search.
Twould seem from some quick research that Trochlear Dysplasia is a mal-formation of the femoral end of the knee joint, and often associated with patellar dislocation. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=1863 and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21205763
Since the condition isn't specified as congenital in anything I could find, I would think that the best coding path would be Anomaly/knee(joint)... Code 755.64 (ICD-9-CM 2012 Pro)... Which oddly enough is described as a congenital deformity of the knee joint
I would use updated manuals, and do some further research. I just finished an online coding course, so take it for what it's worth. Good luck in your search.
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thanks
thank you for your response. i was leaning toward that same code but wasnt sure and wanted some further imput. thanks again!
thank you for your response. i was leaning toward that same code but wasnt sure and wanted some further imput. thanks again!