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ICD-10 and Alcohol-Related Seizures

Published on Thu May 11, 2023

Question: The ED physician treated a patient with alcohol-related epileptic seizures. The seizures were not intractable and included status epilepticus. Should I report a combination of codes for this condition? AAPC Forum Subscriber Answer: There actually is a single code for this condition. On the claim, report G40.501 (Epileptic seizures related to external causes, not intractable, with status epilepticus). Alcohol-related epileptic seizures [...]
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