AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2002 Second Quarter
Correction Notice
Bilateral Carotid Artery Stenosis Correction/Clarification Notice:Assign both code 433.10, Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, carotid artery, without mention of cerebral infarction, and code 433.30, Occusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, Multiple and bilateral, to report the specific artery involved as well as the laterality. In Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2002, pages 10-11, bilateral carotid artery stenosis should have been assigned to code 433.30, Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, Multiple and bilateral, not code 433.10. ...
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