Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAC): Difference between revisions
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
An atypical mycobacterial infection caused by mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), which is made of 3 mycobacterium species: ''M. avium, M. intracellulare, and M. chimaera.'' | |||
MAC infections cause respiratory illness and can cause fevers, diarrhea, malabsorption, as well as loss of appetite and weight loss, and can disseminate to the bone marrow. Therapy is typically resistant to standard mycobacterial therapies. | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead == | ||
Revision as of 13:33, 25 October 2017
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAC) |
| ICD10 code: | A31.2 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Neuro NOS |
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| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
An atypical mycobacterial infection caused by mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), which is made of 3 mycobacterium species: M. avium, M. intracellulare, and M. chimaera.
MAC infections cause respiratory illness and can cause fevers, diarrhea, malabsorption, as well as loss of appetite and weight loss, and can disseminate to the bone marrow. Therapy is typically resistant to standard mycobacterial therapies.
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