AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Acute Blood Loss Anemia due to Angioectasia and Gastric Ulcer

A patient with acute blood loss anemia was admitted to rule-out gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. Two units of packed red blood cells were transfused. An upper endoscopy revealed oozing from a duodenal angioectasia as well as from an acute gastric ulcer. Cauterization of both the ulcer and angioectasia was done using argon plasma coagulation (APC). Since both anemia and the bleeding conditions were responsible for the admission, would they be considered interrelated and either condition selected as the principal diagnosis? ...

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