AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2000 Fourth Quarter; NEW/REVISED PROCEDURE CODES

Administration of Neuroprotective Agent

Effective October 1, 2000, code 99.75 has been created to uniquely report the administration of neuroprotective agent. Substantial research is underway to evaluate the use of neuroprotective agents in the treatment of strokes. Neurologists and neuroscientists use the term "neuroprotective agent" to describe products that work directly at the nerve cell to minimize ischemic injury. Neuroprotective drugs now under investigation function either by stimulating production of neurochemical reparative substances or by inhibiting the production of chemicals associated with neuronal destruction. Stroke is a nonspecific term used to describe the sudden loss of neurologic function attributed to loss of...

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