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Take a Look at Our Sample Diagnosis-Coding Cheat Sheet

Published on Wed Apr 27, 2005

To get an idea of what an ICD-9 cheat sheet may look like, check out this sample cheat sheet of diagnosis codes that IM offices frequently report.

High Blood Pressure

 

  •  796.2 - Elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension


    Hypertension

  •  401.0 - Essential hypertension; malignant
     
  •  401.1 - ...benign
     
  •  459.30 - Chronic venous hypertension without complications
     
  •  405.1x - Secondary hypertension; benign
     
  •  404.01 - Hypertensive heart and renal disease;  malignant; with heart failure

    Diabetes

  •  250.10 - Diabetes mellitus; with ketoacidosis; type II or unspecified type, not stated as uncontrolled
     
  •  250.40 - ...with renal manifestations; type II...
     
  •  250.82 - ...with other specified manifestations; type II or unspecified type, uncontrolled



    Skin Lesions/Neoplasms

  •  172.5 - Malignant melanoma of skin; trunk, except scrotum
     
  •  238.2 - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other and unspecified sites and tissues; skin
     
  •  216.3 - Benign neoplasm of skin; skin of other and unspecified parts of face



    Secondary/History

  •  V16.0 - Family history of malignant neoplasm; gastrointestinal tract
     
  •  V58.67 - Long-term (current) use of insulin

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