Wiki need help with ICD9 - stomach: a trace of clotted blood was found

[ggparker14]

Should this be coded just as blood clot?

procedure: EGD

stomach: a trace of clotted blood was found in the body of the stomach and on the greater curvature of the stomach body.

Thanks for any help.

 

[NaliniAAPC]

Hi,
Icd for blood clot-check 286.3...(Check the patient age....)
Congenital deficiency of other clotting factors. deficiency or absence of fibrinogen (coagulation factor I) in the blood ....
Hope it helps...

Regards,
Nalini CPC

 

[mitchellde]

Should this be coded just as blood clot?

procedure: EGD

stomach: a trace of clotted blood was found in the body of the stomach and on the greater curvature of the stomach body.

Thanks for any help.

For that documentation No. A trace of clotted blood is not the same as saying a blood clot was found.