Neurosurgery Coding Alert
Code for Laterality on Stroke Dx
Question: I’m new to neurosurgery coding, and I was wondering if you could offer tips on coding for strokes? Florida Subscriber Answer: When a patient presents with a stroke — or cerebral infarction (CI) — you’ll head to the I63.- (Cerebral infarction) code set. The CI set contains diagnosis codes for several stroke types, including: You’ll use the 5th character of your stroke diagnosis to represent specifics such as stenosis or embolism. Stroke diagnoses nearly always go to the 6th character, which identifies laterality: right (1); left (2); bilateral (3); or unspecified (9).
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