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 [...]