Regarded as one of the most common and serious valve disorders, Aortic valve stenosis (also called aortic stenosis) occurs when the heart’s aortic valve narrows. The aortic valve – a key valve in the body’s blood circulation system – opens to...
Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a rare, neuromuscular disorder that affects the central nervous motor neurons (also called corticospinal neurons) and causes them to slowly break down. The condition may lead to painless but progressive weakness and stiffness of the...
Subdural hematomas vary widely in cause, acuity, and clinical severity. ICD-10 provides specific codes that reflect this complexity for traumatic versus non-traumatic cases, acuity (acute, subacute, chronic), and associated factors such as loss of consciousness....
Pressure ulcers/injuries are a common adverse event that medical coding companies help physicians report. The codes for pressure ulcers and non-pressure chronic ulcers are located in ICD-10 chapter 12, Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99). Coding...
About 20 million people in the USA (15% of the population) have gallstones, according to the World Gastroenterology Organization. Cholecystitis or gallstone disease occurs when gallstones crystallize (cholelithiasis) and block the release of bile from the gallbladder....
