Otolaryngology Coding Alert
Patient's Status Will Get You the Right ICD-9 Code
Published on Tue Jun 08, 2004
Clip and post your guide to asthma's changing 5th digit You don't have to struggle deciphering asthma's fifth-digit descriptions if you refer to this handy chart. For 2004, 493.xx's fifth-digit subclassification underwent two changes. But the codes'intent, which describes the patient's current asthmatic state, remains the same. Code 493.xx means:
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