ED ICD-10-AM (Ninth Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short ...

(b) Chronic alcoholism Code to chronic alcoholism (F10.2). Special epileptic syndromes are indexed to G40.5, but that combination code does not identify the originating antecedent cause. URC # 1218 MRG October 2010 Minor January 2012 Revise code: 4.1.10 Examples of the modification rules . Rule D. Specificity . Example 60: I (a) Pericarditis ................
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