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ICD-10 Update:

J10 and J11 Add More Specificity to Influenza With Manifestations

Published on Wed Aug 22, 2012

Look for respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms to nail the right flu dx. As you gear up for the arriving flu season, map in some time to understand how to report influenza using ICD-10 codes when they come into effect.Symptoms that you will commonly see with an influenza diagnosis include fever (R50.9, Fever, unspecified) with chills, cough (R05, Cough); malaise (R53.81, Other malaise); headache (R51, Headache); nasal congestion (R09.81, Nasal congestion); and soreness of the throat (J02.9, Acute pharyngitis, unspecified). You might also see gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting (R11.2, Nausea with vomiting, unspecified) and diarrhea (R19.7, Diarrhea, unspecified), although it is not found in all the cases. The findings of gastrointestinal symptoms and other respiratory symptoms are vital as they influence reporting the condition correctly, both in ICD-9 as well as ICD-10.Your pulmonologist will arrive at a diagnosis of influenza on the basis of a through history and evaluation [...]
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