Category:Diagnosis Coding (old)

We collect up to:

• SIX admitting Diagnosis
• NINE problems, procedure that occur AFTER ICU or ward admission
• SIX Charlson Comorbid conditions.

This category will include content regarding diagnosis coding

• also see Diagnosis code number

• NOTE: old diagnosis code mapped & converted to new infection codes June, 26.06. See infection code conversion map here

• • Infections: When coding herpes simplex and zoster infections of the skin (cellulitis) often the diagnosis is made without a specimen being sent. It is more important to get the right diagnosis than whether a culture was sent or not, therefore, put in cellulitis and the organism even if a sample was not sent. If herpetic skin infections are audited the auditor will know that the diagnosis is usually made by clinical observation only.

• The plan here is to set up the CATEGORIES for Diagnosis codes into more intuitive categories than what is currently in CCMDB.mdb and the Diagnosis Code Book. Example:
• Neurological Problems
• Neurological Surgery
• Cardiovascular Problems
• Cardiovascular Surgery
• Respiratory Problems
• Pulmonary Thoracic Surgery
• etc.......
• Diagnostic Procedure (will be reigned into this category here on the WIKI instead of being scattered around the code book under different organ system).
• Subcoded items will also be separate article and grouped under relevant categories.
• TOstryzniuk 10:49, 24 April 2009 (CDT)