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*Stridor is a high-pitched, wheezing sound caused by disrupted airflow. Stridor may also be called musical breathing or extrathoracic airway obstruction. Airflow is usually disrupted by a blockage in the larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe). | *Stridor is a high-pitched, wheezing sound caused by disrupted airflow. Stridor may also be called musical breathing or extrathoracic airway obstruction. Airflow is usually disrupted by a blockage in the larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe). | ||
{{ICD10 Guideline Symptoms not needed when cause known}} | {{ICD10 Guideline Symptoms not needed when cause known}} | ||
*{{Discussion}} This is the only code I could find for upper airway obstruction. | *{{Discussion}} This is the only code I could find for upper airway obstruction. | ||
* I would say that linking Stridor with one of the following diagnosis would work: | |||
*1. Primary Malignancy (solid tumor) NOS | |||
*2. Iatrogenic, hemorrhage or hematoma, related to procedure or surgery NOS | |||
*3. Laryngeal (larynx, vocal cord), edema | |||
*Using the 2 codes together gives a clearer picture of the cause of this condition which is essentially upper airway obstruction. --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 11:26, 2018 September 14 (CDT) | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == |
Revision as of 10:26, 14 September 2018
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Stridor |
ICD10 code: | R06.1 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
Start Date: | |
Stop Date: | |
External ICD10 Documentation |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- Stridor is a high-pitched, wheezing sound caused by disrupted airflow. Stridor may also be called musical breathing or extrathoracic airway obstruction. Airflow is usually disrupted by a blockage in the larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe).
Template:ICD10 Guideline Symptoms not needed when cause known
- Template:Discussion This is the only code I could find for upper airway obstruction.
- I would say that linking Stridor with one of the following diagnosis would work:
- 1. Primary Malignancy (solid tumor) NOS
- 2. Iatrogenic, hemorrhage or hematoma, related to procedure or surgery NOS
- 3. Laryngeal (larynx, vocal cord), edema
- Using the 2 codes together gives a clearer picture of the cause of this condition which is essentially upper airway obstruction. --LKolesar 11:26, 2018 September 14 (CDT)
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- COPD, acute exacerbation
- Bronchitis, acute or chronic not specified, infectious or noninfectious
- Pulmonary emphysema or bullous disease without COPD
- Asthma, acute exacerbation
- Status asthmaticus
- Respiratory failure (insufficiency) NOS, acute
- Respiratory failure (insufficiency), chronic
- Respiratory failure (insufficiency) NOS, not specified as acute or chronic
- Hypoxemia (hypoxia)
- ARDS (noncardiogenic pulmonary edema)
- Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI, form of ARDS)
- Respiratory arrest
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