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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*If, '''as is usually true''', the dissection is in the setting of an aortic aneurysm, then ALSO code the aneurysm, and link the two codes together. | *If, '''as is usually true''', the dissection is in the setting of an aortic aneurysm, then ALSO code the aneurysm, and link the two codes together. | ||
* If the chart says the dissection happened due to an aortic ulcer, that is just a type of dissection and does not need to be coded separately. In the extremely unusual situation where an aortic erosion or ulcer is discovered without a dissection, code it under [[Disorder of artery/arteries, NOS]]. | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == |