Violent behavior
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Violent behavior |
| ICD10 code: | R45.6 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Violent 2nd to dementia |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
| Start Date: | |
| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- IF the violent behavior is due to dementia, then manditory to combine this code with one or other of the types of dementia (see below).
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Schizophrenia
- Psychosis/psychotic disorder, NOS, acute or chronic
- Dementia, NOS
- Template:Discussion Tina will make a category for the various types of dementia
- Various diagnoses in category:Psych
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- OK to combine this code to whatever is the cause of the violent behavior (not just dementia, as it was in the past), for example: schizophrenia, psychosis, any type of dementia, drug withdrawal, delerium, etc.
- Template:Discussion Tina will make a category for the various types of dementia
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