Violent 2nd to dementia

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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:Violent behavior

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System:
Category: Neurological Problem (old)

Type:

Category: Medical Problem (old)

Main Diagnosis: Violent 2nd to Dementia
Sub Diagnosis: VIOLENT 2nd TO DEMENTIA
Diagnosis Code: 53800 - Violent 2nd to dementia
Comorbid Diagnosis: No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10): 1
Program: Critical Care and Medicine
Status: Currently Collected
Start Date: May 27, 2004

Violent behavior secondary to Dementia it the only "specific" reason we are tracking violent behavior. We will not change this until we go to ICU10. As discussed with Dr. Allan Garland. Trish Ostryzniuk 12:13, 2012 July 16 (CDT)

In ICD-10 coding, this single entity becomes a co-code of Violent behavior + the appropriate type of dementia.

Do not use code for non-dementia violence

There are psychological problems we code however, we do not differentiate if violence is or is not associated with the any of the following conditions:

Name shortening

The full name in the coding guide is "VIOLENT BEHAVIOR - 2nd TO MODERATE/ SEVERE DEMENTIA" but had to be shortened to fit into the CCMDB.mdb.