Internal Medicine Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Confirm Atrophy Before Assigning 728.2 as Dx Code
Published on Thu Aug 16, 2012 
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Before assigning a code, check with the physician to confirm whether the child is experiencing either a failure to thrive (i.e. grow and gain weight) or muscle waste. For slow growth, choose either 783.41 (Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood; Failure to thrive) or 779.34 (Failure to thrive in newborn). In this context, a newborn is 28 days old or younger; a child is over 28 days old. For muscular atrophy, report 728.2 (Muscular wasting and disuse atrophy, not elsewhere classified).Other Articles in this issue of
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