Article - Billing and Coding: Sedimentation Rate, Erythrocyte (A57657)
Sed rate, or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), is a blood test that can reveal inflammatory activity in your body. A sed rate test isn't a stand-alone diagnostic tool, but it can help your doctor diagnose or monitor the progress of an inflammatory disease.
If an ESR is abnormally high, it means that the red blood cells fell faster than expected. This usually happens when the RBCs have more protein within them, which causes them to stick together. Many conditions can cause an ESR to become elevated.
Code D64. 9 is the diagnosis code used for Anemia, Unspecified, it falls under the category of diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism. Anemia specifically, is a condition in which the number of red blood cells is below normal.
Patients with raised C-reactive protein and a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate usually have infection but some have other tissue damage (e.g. myocardial infarction or venous thromboembolism).
Abstract. Background Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and high C-reactive protein (CRP) are the most commonly used acute phase reactants to detect and follow up disease activity in rheumatology clinics. Besides rheumatic diseases (RD), infections and malignancies are two of the major causes of high ESR and CRP.
An increased ESR rate may be due to some infections, including:Bodywide (systemic) infection.Bone infections.Infection of the heart or heart valves.Rheumatic fever.Severe skin infections, such as erysipelas.Tuberculosis.
Code R53. 83 is the diagnosis code used for Other Fatigue. It is a condition marked by drowsiness and an unusual lack of energy and mental alertness. It can be caused by many things, including illness, injury, or drugs.
V78. 0 - Screening for iron deficiency anemia | ICD-10-CM.
ICD-10 | Anemia, unspecified (D64. 9)