Gemini18
Expert
Does anyone know the ICD9 for "deconditioning"?
-
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ & read the forum rules. To view all forums, post or create a new thread, you must be an AAPC Member. If you are a member and have already registered for member area and forum access, you can log in by clicking here. If you've forgotten your username or password use our password reminder tool. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below..
Wiki Deconditioning
- Thread starter Gemini18
- Start date
RebeccaWoodward*
True Blue
Hmmm...sorta broad term.
Maybe 799.3 Debility=Abnormal bodily weakness or feebleness; decay of strength
Or depending on the documentation...728.2
Maybe 799.3 Debility=Abnormal bodily weakness or feebleness; decay of strength
Or depending on the documentation...728.2
Gemini18
Expert
Thank You
Thanks so much Rebecca. The dx just says deconditioning...threw me for a loop.
Thanks so much Rebecca. The dx just says deconditioning...threw me for a loop.
dmoellma
Guest
My internal medicine doctors that visit strictly nursing home patients use the term " deconditioning" and they okayed the code 783.7 Failure to thrive, adult.
Anna Weaver
Guest
deconditioning
Our internists use this also, but they want us to code 780.79. Sounds like everyone has their own idea of what this is. So, I looked up the definition:
de·con·di·tioned, de·con·di·tion·ing, de·con·di·tions
v. tr.
1. Psychology To cause (a conditioned response, such as a phobia) to become extinct.
2. To cause to decline from a condition of physical fitness, as through a prolonged period of inactivity or, in astronauts, through weightlessness in space.
v. intr.
To lose physical fitness.
Our internists use this also, but they want us to code 780.79. Sounds like everyone has their own idea of what this is. So, I looked up the definition:
de·con·di·tioned, de·con·di·tion·ing, de·con·di·tions
v. tr.
1. Psychology To cause (a conditioned response, such as a phobia) to become extinct.
2. To cause to decline from a condition of physical fitness, as through a prolonged period of inactivity or, in astronauts, through weightlessness in space.
v. intr.
To lose physical fitness.
iluvicd9
Guest
We have always used the 799.3 and 728.2 in the past. I agree with rebeccawoodward. It does depend on your documentation.