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May 27th, 2009 - mcgonzales
Postpartum cardiomyopathy
Patient diagnosed with postpartum cardiomyopathy in 2001. She is admitted in 2009 with same diagnosis. Will the code still be 674.5_?
May 29th, 2009 -
Why not?
If gthe disease is still present then the code still applies. If the history is noted but the patient is pregnant and the disease is no longer present then you could use a high risk code (if such a thing exists) for the current pregnancy to justify increased surveillance.