Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin): Difference between revisions

Please have a look if I summarized that right or am missing something important now.
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*46102 - accidental
*46102 - accidental
*46103 - iatrogenic | No | 0 | CC & Med | Currently Collected |  | }}
*46103 - iatrogenic | No | 0 | CC & Med | Currently Collected |  | }}
Poisoning with hypoglycemics such as insulin, metformin, etc.
=== vs [[Insulin Shock]] Dx ===
Insulin shock can be used if patient goes into insulin shock however, in terms of too much MED,  we also want to try and discern if a problem occurred because too much insulin/metformin was intentional, accidental OR iatrogenic.


===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - HYPOGLYCEMICS (oral or insulin) - 46100 ===
===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - HYPOGLYCEMICS (oral or insulin) - 46100 ===
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*** would it not always be one of the subcodes? Ttenbergen 09:42, 2017 June 21 (CDT)
*** would it not always be one of the subcodes? Ttenbergen 09:42, 2017 June 21 (CDT)


===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - Intentional - 46101 ===
===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - Intentional - 46101 ===
e.g. suicide attempt
e.g. suicide attempt


===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - Accidental/toxicity - 46102 ===
===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - Accidental/toxicity - 46102 ===
Don't use, use [[Insulin Shock]] instead.
Patient "accidentally"  took to much oral med or insulin.
*no this is not correct.  Insulin shock can be used if patient goes into insulin shock however, in terms of too much MED,  we also want to try and discern if a problem occurred because too much insulin/metformin was intentional, accidental OR iatrogenic
 
{{discussion}}
So there would be no circumstances under which this code would be used any longer? If so we should inactivate, ie. make impossible to code in future.
* I use this code for metformin accidental toxicity [[User:GHall|GHall]] 11:43, 2015 July 17 (CDT)
**How about leaving it in with oral only in brackets as it does not apply to Insulin?--[[User:CMarks|CMarks]] 09:49, 2015 July 22 (CDT)
***accidental mean just that, patient "accidentally"  took to much oral med or insulin. It does happen. 


===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - Iatrogenic - 46103 ===
===Hypoglycemics (oral or insulin) - Iatrogenic - 46103 ===
when patient is inadvertently given too much Insulin by a health care provider.
when patient is inadvertently given too much Insulin by a health care provider.
{{discuss@task}}
Looks like we didn't clear this up as well as we thought at the last task meeting. May need to take it back there again.


[[Category: Hypoglycemia]]
[[Category: Hypoglycemia]]