1.The elderly patient was recently in the hospital for an acute cerebral infarction with right-sided hemiparesis. When transferred to the LTC facility, the diagnosis on admission is acute CVA. Assign the correct code

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1.The elderly patient was recently in the hospital for an acute cerebral infarction with right-sided hemiparesis. When transferred to the LTC facility, the diagnosis on admission is acute CVA. Assign the correct code

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davidsilva2019 davidsilva2019 · Answer 1 · 2017-09-30T14:11:07+02:00

The code would be "I63.9".
This is according to the 2017 ICD-10-CM Codes.
ICD-10-CM stands for International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification.
After going to an index for these codes you should select:
Step 1. Diseases of the circulatory system I00-I99
Step 2. Cerebrovascular diseases I60-I69
Step 3. Cerebral infarction I63
Step 4. Choose I63.9 because there are no more specifications on the case as for its origin .