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==Purpose and Use== | ==Purpose and Use== | ||
To allow collectors to enter an admit diagnosis for patients when there really isn't a regular dx to enter. | To allow collectors to enter an admit diagnosis for patients when there really isn't a regular dx to enter. | ||
Tina what is the equivalent ICD10??? This code is no less required!--[[User:Llemoine|Llemoine]] 13:38, 2018 April 25 (CDT) | |||
== Legacy info == | == Legacy info == | ||
Revision as of 13:38, 25 April 2018
Legacy Content
This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Cachexia, Problem related to unspecified psychosocial circumstancesClick Expand to show legacy content.
Coding Instructions
This diagnosis should only be used when the primary reason for admission to unit is for non medical reason (failure to cope, social reasons etc.)
Guidelines article: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2096163-overview
Purpose and Use
To allow collectors to enter an admit diagnosis for patients when there really isn't a regular dx to enter. Tina what is the equivalent ICD10??? This code is no less required!--Llemoine 13:38, 2018 April 25 (CDT)
Legacy info
There has been discussion about having a way to code this regularly for as long as the medicine database has been around. Decided to finally add this because collectors from several sites said they had to enter work-around data that was not really true in order to be able to enter an admit diagnosis.
As discussed at Team Meeting June 10, 2015/Minutes Team Meeting June 10, 2015
ICD10 R62.7 is “Adult failure to thrive” (783.7 in ICD-9)