Diagnosis Spotlight:
ICD-10 Amplifies Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Choices
Published on Thu Dec 06, 2012
Pay attention to site and side of the hemorrhage. You may find it confusing to move from one code in ICD 9 to 20 codes in ICD 10 for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. The ICD 9 code 430 (Subarachnoid hemorrhage) is just a concise choice for a subarachnoid hemorrhage, irrespective of where and which side the hemorrhage occurred. Read on for the ICD 10 expansion details. Determine the Site of the Bleed Your first guide to the right code for subarachnoid hemorrhage which is not a consequence of trauma is to determine the site the bleed in the cerebral circulation. Your first step is to determine if the site of the bleed was the vertebral artery, basilar artery, anterior or posterior communicating artery, middle cerebral artery, carotid artery, or other intracranial arteries. "This will provide greater specificity regarding the location of the aneurysmal hemorrhage and facilitate tracking of treatment and outcomes [...]