AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 Fourth Quarter; VOLUMES 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Facial Weakness

Effective October 1, 2003, code 781.94, Facial Weakness, has been created to report facial weakness or facial droop not due to a late effect of a cerebrovascular disease. 781 Symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems 781.9 Other symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems New code 781.94 Facial weakness Facial droop Excludes: facial weakness due to late effect of cerebrovascular accident (438.83) ...

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