Hello there fellow coders,
My doctor documents "Ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy" There is an excludes note 1 under I42.0 (dilated cardiomyopathy). Upon asking the Doctor, he states that the dilation is due to ischemia. My research as well shows that dilation of the ventricular heart muscle can be caused by ischemia of the coronary arteries.
So my question is, how would I code Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy? My initial thought would be Cardiomyopathy, unspecified - down coding it. Would this be correct?
My doctor documents "Ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy" There is an excludes note 1 under I42.0 (dilated cardiomyopathy). Upon asking the Doctor, he states that the dilation is due to ischemia. My research as well shows that dilation of the ventricular heart muscle can be caused by ischemia of the coronary arteries.
So my question is, how would I code Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy? My initial thought would be Cardiomyopathy, unspecified - down coding it. Would this be correct?
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