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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]] == |
Revision as of 10:11, 2018 March 18
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Melena or Hematochezia |
ICD10 code: | K92.1 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Upper GI Bleed, Lower GI Bleed |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: GI bleed, 2019-0: GI Bleeding |
Start Date: | |
Stop Date: | |
External ICD10 Documentation |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- This code is actually a symptom, representing GI blood exiting through the lower GI tract.
- 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.
- 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.
Template:ICD10 Symptoms not needed when cause known
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- As above, combine this code with the code for the source/cause of the bleeding.
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