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* NOTE: ''50508 - CVA-Brainstem'' is really the same as code 504. This was an unintended double code that crept into list ages ago.[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 16:05, 2012 July 12 (CDT)
* NOTE: ''50508 - CVA-Brainstem'' is really the same as code 504. This was an unintended double code that crept into list ages ago.[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 16:05, 2012 July 12 (CDT)


*As per Dr. Allan Garland: Incidental findings of “old lacunar infarct” on CT should not be coded as CVA in admit, acquired or comorbid DX slots.[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 17:19, 2012 September 12 (CDT)
*As per Dr. Allan Garland: Incidental findings of “'''old lacunar infarct'''” on CT should not be coded as CVA in admit, acquired or comorbid DX slots.[[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 17:19, 2012 September 12 (CDT)




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