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Wiki mild dilated aortic root

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How would you code a mild dilated aortic root and how would you find it in the in the icd-9 volume 2?

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Kris
 
k5coate said:
How would you code a mild dilated aortic root and how would you find it in the in the icd-9 volume 2?

Thanks,

Kris
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424.1

from AHIMA: In order to differentiate aortic ectasia from annuloaortic ectasia, which involves dilation of the aortic valve root, annuloaortic ectasia would be specifically indexed to code 424.1, Aortic valve disorders.
 
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