Melena or Hematochezia: Difference between revisions
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*This code is actually a symptom, representing GI blood exiting through the lower GI tract. | *This code is actually a symptom, representing GI blood exiting through the lower GI tract. | ||
*'''Whenever possible | *'''Whenever possible combine this code with the CAUSE of this symptom -- i.e. the ICD10 code that represents the true SITE of the bleeding.''' | ||
*This code should '''''only''''' be used alone if the cause of the melena or hematochezia remains unknown. | *This code should '''''only''''' be used '''alone''' if the cause of the melena or hematochezia remains unknown. | ||
*If all you know is that there is bleeding from a GI source, without a known source or ''even whether it was exiting the upper or lower GI tracts'', then instead use code '''[[Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GI bleed), not specified if lower or upper]]'''. | *If all you know is that there is bleeding from a GI source, without a known source or ''even whether it was exiting the upper or lower GI tracts'', then instead use code '''[[Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GI bleed), not specified if lower or upper]]'''. | ||
{{ICD10 Symptoms not needed when cause known}} | {{ICD10 Symptoms not needed when cause known}} | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Hemorrhage}} | {{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Hemorrhage}} | ||
== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | ||