Aortic dissection (any part)
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Aortic dissection (any part) |
| ICD10 code: | I71.0 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- If, as is usually true, the dissection is in the setting of an aortic aneurysm, then ALSO code the aneurysm, and link the two codes together.
- Aortic dissection is a tear in the inner aortic wall, creating a false channel for blood, while rupture is the complete breach of all aortic layers, causing massive bleeding;
- If the chart says the dissection happened due to an aortic ulcer, that is just a type of dissection and does not need to be coded separately. In the extremely unusual situation where an aortic erosion or aortic ulcer is discovered without a dissection, code it under Disorder of artery/arteries, NOS.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
| Aneurysm codes: |
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
Related CCI Codes
if Abdominal Aorta is included in repair, also code
- CCI1 code: (T) Abdominal Aorta
- CCI2 code: Excision with Reconstruction, Replacement
- instead of Repair; this one is more extensive
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