Prader-Willi syndrome affects the body in many different ways. The condition causes the hypothalamus to malfunction. This is the area of the brain that affects hunger, thirst, and sex and growth hormones. In infancy, an individual does not meet developmental milestones, such as sitting up and walking. Their eyes lack coordination.
What are the symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)?
Treating problems in babies and children
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic multisystem disorder characterized during infancy by lethargy, diminished muscle tone (hypotonia), a week suck and feeding difficulties with poor weight gain and growth and other hormone deficiency. In childhood, features of this disorder include short stature, small genitals and an excessive appetite.
The new, dedicated ICD-10-CM code for PWS (Q87. 11 Prader-Willi syndrome) will make it much easier to track medical care and outcomes in the PWS population.
Housing and Economic ProblemsV60.0 (Z59.0)HomelessnessV60.1 (Z59.1)Inadequate HousingV60.89 (Z59.2)Discord With Neighbor, Lodger, or LandlordV60.6 (Z59.3)Problem Related to Living in a Residential InstitutionV60.2 (Z59.4)Lack of Adequate Food or Safe Drinking Water4 more rows
F codes are further broken up into the following categories: F00–F09: codes for organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders. F10–F19: codes for mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance abuse. F20–F29: codes for schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders.
V codes, described in the ICD-9-CM chapter "Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services," are designed for occasions when circumstances other than a disease or injury result in an encounter or are recorded by providers as problems or factors that influence care.
NEC "Not elsewhere classifiable" - This abbreviation in the Alphabetic Index represents "other specified". When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Alphabetic Index directs the coder to the "other specified” code in the Tabular List.
759.81 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of prader-willi syndrome. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
See Also - A "see also" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index instructs that there is another main term that may also be referenced that may provide additional Alphabetic Index entries that may be useful. It is not necessary to follow the "see also" note when the original main term provides the necessary code.
Type 1 Excludes Notes - A type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
Babies with PWS are usually floppy, with poor muscle tone, and have trouble sucking. Boys may have undescended testicles. Later, other signs appear. These include
Inclusion terms - List of terms is included under some codes. These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
NOS "Not otherwise specified" - This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.