AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1993 Third Quarter; Q & A

Diastolic Dysfunction

In the First Quarter 1993 Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM, page 20, advice was given to assign code 414.0, Coronary atherosclerosis, for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease with diastolic dysfunction. Comment: The EAB agrees that this should be the correct code assignment, however, the index directs a coder to 414.9, Chronic ischemic heart disease, unspecified. Until such time that the index is modified, coders should assign code 414.9. ...

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