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The ICD-10-CM is a catalog of diagnosis codes used by medical professionals for medical coding and reporting in health care settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates.
ICD-10 code E87. 0 for Hyperosmolality and hypernatremia is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .
276.02012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 276.0 : Hyperosmolality and/or hypernatremia.
The patient's primary diagnostic code is the most important. Assuming the patient's primary diagnostic code is Z76. 89, look in the list below to see which MDC's "Assignment of Diagnosis Codes" is first.
E87. 1 Hypo-osmolality and hyponatremia - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
ICD-9 uses mostly numeric codes with only occasional E and V alphanumeric codes. Plus, only three-, four- and five-digit codes are valid. ICD-10 uses entirely alphanumeric codes and has valid codes of up to seven digits.
Currently, the U.S. is the only industrialized nation still utilizing ICD-9-CM codes for morbidity data, though we have already transitioned to ICD-10 for mortality.
Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstancesICD-10 code Z76. 89 for Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
Z76. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
ICD-10 code: Z76. 9 Person encountering health services in unspecified circumstances.
276.1 - Hyposmolality and/or hyponatremia. ICD-10-CM.
Hyponatremia with hypo-osmolality of serum is produced by retention of water, by loss of sodium or both. It is always maintained by a defect in excretion of free water.
Per coding directives, if dehydration is documented with hyponatremia, assign only a code for the hyponatremia (276.1). In addition, if the patient has SIADH and hyponatremia, only code 253.6 is assigned.
E87.0 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Hyperosmolality and hypernatremia . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
DO NOT include the decimal point when electronically filing claims as it may be rejected. Some clearinghouses may remove it for you but to avoid having a rejected claim due to an invalid ICD-10 code, do not include the decimal point when submitting claims electronically. See also:
The ICD10 code for the diagnosis "Hyperosmolality and hypernatremia" is "E87.0". E87.0 is a VALID/BILLABLE ICD10 code, i.e it is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM E87.0 became effective on October 1, 2018.
Assign code E86.0, Dehydration, in addition to code E87.0, Hyperosmolality and hypernatremia, for a diagnosis of dehydration with hypernatremia. Assign code E86.0, Dehydration, in addition to code E87.1, Hypo-osmolality and hyponatremia, for a diagnosis of dehydration with hyponatremia. Two codes are required to fully capture dehydration with hypernatremia ( E86.0 and E87.0) and dehydration with hyponatremia ( E86.0 and E87.1 ). Coders should follow the index, which leads to coding both the dehydration and hypernatremia/hyponatremia separately.
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