Other drugs and medicinal substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use (E947.8)
ICD-9 code E947.8 for Other drugs and medicinal substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -DRUGS, MEDICINAL AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES CAUSING ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THERAPEUTIC USE (E930-E949).
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First of all you need to know the use of Fen Phen was for therapeutic or poisoning. It seems this is a late effect of therapeutic use of Fen Phen. It can be coded as 424.0, 909.5 and E947.0
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If you can't find an E-Code for the specific drug or its classifications, such as antibiotics have, you can always use E947.8, which is the E-Code for a specified drug NEC, therapeutic use.
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If you treat a patient with anaphylaxis to an allergy injection. Would the appropriate diagnisis code most properly be:
a. 999.49 Anaphylactic rx to other serum (or does ''serum' in... [ Read More ]
[B]49325 [/B]with removal of intraluminal obstructive material (here it is Essure coil in the lumen of fallopian tube) which is obsructing the lumen of FT- a sort of an obstructing foreign body (thou... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="JamieGalloway, post: 153535, member: 497"]HELP!
The assessment is this:
(1) Diabetes (2) Chronic kidney disease (3) Need of dental care (4) Side effects from Victoza (5) Hypertension (6) Medi... [ Read More ]