tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 5

ICD-10: Expand Options for Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Fourth digit adds detail. No matter the details, you have just one code to describe newborn respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) under ICD-9 — 769 (Respiratory distress syndrome in newborn).   That will change once ICD-10 goes into effect on Oct. 1 this year.   Look for Detail   Although ICD-9 lists several distinct diagnoses that code 769 includes, the existing diagnosis code set doesn’t provide a way to distinguish the following “included” conditions:  Cardiorespiratory distress syndrome of newborn Hyaline membrane disease (pulmonary) Idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome [IRDS or RDS] of newborn Pulmonary hypoperfusion syndrome In contrast, ICD-10...

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