AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Other Excessive Crying

Effective October 1, 2005, a new code, 780.95, has been created to identify excessive crying in a child, adolescent or adult. In October 2002, a code was created to identify excessive crying in an infant; however, there was not a code to identify excessive crying in patients other than infants. There are times when a child, adolescent, or adult may present to the hospital with excessive crying and is not able to verbalize why they are crying. As with infants, after evaluation, many times no specific problems are identified. This code has been created to use as a...

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