Transcription of ICD-10 Coding Clarifications for Hospice: Part 2
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Fundamentals Subscriber WebinarExtra Topic: ICD 10 Coding July 2016 2016 Adams Home Care Consulting Inc. All Rights Reserved1 ICD-10 Coding Clarifications for Hospice: Part 2 Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS D, HCS OJuly Fundamentals Subscriber WebinarExtra Topic: ICD 10 Coding July 2016 2016 Adams Home Care Consulting Inc. All Rights Reserved2 Definition of Dementia (Mayo Clinic)Dementia is not a specific disease . Instead, dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting thinking and social abilities severe enough to interfere with daily functioning. There are many causes of loss generally occurs with dementia, but memory loss alone does not mean a patient has dementia.
Patient admitted with late onset Alzheimer’s dementia with aggressive behavior and sundowningand also vascular dementia due to a CVA 2 years ago. Patient is a wanderer. ICD‐10‐CM M1021 Alzheimer’s Disease with late onset G30.1 M1023 Alzheimer’s dementiaw/ behavioral disturbance F02.81
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