Peritonitis

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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Appendicitis, with or without rupture or peritonitis, Peritonitis, infectious, Disorder of peritoneum, NOS

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Category/Organ
System:
Category: Infection (old)

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Medical Problem

Main Diagnosis: Peritonitis
Sub Diagnosis: PERITONITIS
Diagnosis Code: 7400
Comorbid Diagnosis: No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10): 0
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++Discussion++

  • I have a question many doctors put pts on antibiotics on spec for SBP even though NO tap /culture was done prior to antibiotics. Then a few days later a tap was done /the culture was negative. my question is do you code SBP /negative culture or do you only code SBP if a culture was done prior to antibiotics and the results come back positive. and or become positive during their stay in the hospital. And just ignore the fact that antibiotics were ordered for a diagnosis that could or couldnt be there.????
    • Any culture taken after antibiotics have already been started is not going to be helpful for the diagnosis, especially if negative. If the doctors are calling it SBP because of other clinical parameters (fever, abd pain, PD pt, ultrasounds , WBC, etc), then I would call it peritonitis if no other cause is found for the other symptoms and it is being treated. --LKolesar 13:33, 2014 October 14 (CDT)
      • I think the question was which entry to use as pathogen. Also, I think this question is much more general than just for Peritonitis. Is it a special case for No Culture Sent or Resulted? If so, could someone summarize this to there and link it from here? We'd want to word it to use the same words that a collector who searches for this next time would be likely to use. I would do it myself but would like someone medical to make sure I am not misunderstanding this, and you guys have a better idea what you would search for in such a situation... Ttenbergen 11:04, 2014 October 20 (CDT)
      • I think the data collectors know how to code a pathogen or not and if the pt has been on antibiotics prior to the culture, then usually the culture will be negative. The question was whether to code peritonitis even if the cultures are negative. This question can be asked of any infectious diagnosis. You have to look at the entire clincial picture and the certainty of the doctors in making the diagnosis. Culture results alone are inadequate to making a diagnosis for various reasons. They can affirm a diagnosis but are never a separate entity. --LKolesar 11:22, 2014 October 20 (CDT)
        • so we agree that this is about more than just peritonitis. I take your point about the pathogen part. So, does anyone have a suggestion how they would search for it in a way that is not DX specific? Because this question must be an FAQ and I want to make sure the answer can be found. So this is a question to anyone out there - how would you search for this answer on the wiki?