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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_hypov | |||
You can include ''Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (Pickwick syndrome)'' in admitting DX as one of the last/lowest priority admit codes to capture this problem even though it is not reason for admission. | You can include ''Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (Pickwick syndrome)'' in admitting DX as one of the last/lowest priority admit codes to capture this problem even though it is not reason for admission. | ||
Revision as of 13:06, 26 October 2017
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (Pickwick syndrome) |
| ICD10 code: | E66.2 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Sleep Apnea Syndrome |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Metabolic/Renal NOS, 2019-0: Renal/Metabolic NOS |
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| External ICD10 Documentation | |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_hypov
You can include Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (Pickwick syndrome) in admitting DX as one of the last/lowest priority admit codes to capture this problem even though it is not reason for admission.
- Sleep apnea is a problem of control of breathing, not the lungs or chest wall - so not a Restrictive lung disease. Dr. Alan Garland & Dr. Dan Roberts. --TOstryzniuk 12:26, 21 December 2010 (CST
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- will it still not be allowed as a como?
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(put links to likely candidates coded with this one, eg. a cause for a trauma.)
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