Neurosurgery Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Select This Dx for Pick’s Disease
Published on Wed Sep 04, 2024
Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from primary progressive aphasia. I can’t find this exact wording in any of the ICD-10 codes I’ve looked at; can you help? AAPC Forum Subscriber Answer: This patient suffers from Pick’s disease, which you report with G31.01 (Pick’s disease). The condition is also called primary progressive aphasia, progressive isolated aphasia, or frontotemporal dementia. Patients suffering from this disease are affected in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. They can suffer progressive changes in personality, behavior, and language. These changes can often have poor outcomes, such as a decline in social and occupational functioning.
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