EmailAftercare following medical condition
Publication Date: September 2005
ICD 10 AM Edition: Fourth edition
Retired Date: 30/6/2010
Query Number: 2031
In relation to standard 2103 paragraph 3 'If the aftercare follows medical (versus sugical) treatment of a condition, assign the code for the condition as an additional diagnosis'.
Could you please explain in what circumstances you would apply this standard when in relation to medical care.
Could you please explain in what circumstances you would apply this standard when in relation to medical care.
Response
The Victorian ICD Coding Committee sought advice from the NCCH when preparing this response.
The NCCH advises that ACS 2103 Admission for convalescence/aftercare paragraph 3 will be altered in a future edition of ICD-10-AM to read, ‘If the convalescence follows medical (versus surgical) treatment of a condition, assign the code for the condition as an additional diagnosis’.
This advice can be applied immediately; therefore for episodes where this paragraph of ACS 2103 Admission for convalescence/aftercare applies, the principal diagnosis would be Z54.x Convalescence.
The NCCH advises that ACS 2103 Admission for convalescence/aftercare paragraph 3 will be altered in a future edition of ICD-10-AM to read, ‘If the convalescence follows medical (versus surgical) treatment of a condition, assign the code for the condition as an additional diagnosis’.
This advice can be applied immediately; therefore for episodes where this paragraph of ACS 2103 Admission for convalescence/aftercare applies, the principal diagnosis would be Z54.x Convalescence.
