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Conquer WPW and Tachycardia Under ICD-10

Published on Wed Mar 18, 2015

Question: How should I report Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and nodal tachycardia under ICD-10-CM? Georgia Subscriber Answer: For the Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, you should report I45.6 (Pre-excitation syndrome). Under ICD-9-CM, you report this using 426.7 (Anomalous atrioventricular excitation). Bonus tip: Code I45.6 also covers Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome, which you now report using 426.81 (Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome). So even though you use different codes for WPW [...]
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