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

Rhabdomyolysis

Effective October 1, 2003, new codes have been created to separately identify rhabdomyolysis. Prior to this change, rhabdomyolysis was coded to 728.89, Other disorders of muscle, ligament and fascia, Other. Due to the severity of this condition, the Coding Clinic Editorial Advisory Board requested that a unique code be created for rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis may result from a large variety of diseases, trauma, or toxic insults to skeletal muscle. It may result in the potentially life-threatening complication of myoglobinuric acute renal failure. Associated problems can also occur including cardiac arrest, hyperkalemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation and compartment syndrome. Rhabdomyolysis results...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .


  • The official AHA publication for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines and advice
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Full Archives - over 3100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1984 organized by year and issue
  • Includes ICD-10-CM/PCS Articles since 2013
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
  • View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • AHA's Coding Clinic® - ICD-10-CM/PCS +Archives

demo
request yours today
subscribe
start today
newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.