quick question

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A patient has a AAA but is admitted for an unrelated acute illness (GI bleed). She then experienced a AAA rupture. Is that coded as POA Y or N? she has the AAA on admission but it had not ruptured.

Thanks!

Katy Good

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  • ddouthitddouthit
    edited May 2016
    Please see CC POA example

    Present on admission examples 10/1/2006
          Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2006 Page: 252 to 255 Effective with discharges: November 15, 2006

    A patient is admitted for repair of an abdominal
    aneurysm. However, the aneurysm ruptures after
    hospital admission.

    Assign "N" for the ruptured abdominal aneurysm.
    Although the aneurysm was present on admission,
    the "ruptured" component of the code description
    did not occur until after admission.

    Dorie Douthit, RHIT,CCS
    ddouthit@stmarysathens.org

  • katysuegood@gmail.comkatysuegood@gmail.com
    edited May 2016
    Thanks Dorie, That was my gut thought but I wanted to make sure. I appreciate your help!

    Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS
    Clinical Documentation Program Coordinator
    AHIMA Approved ICD-10CM/PCS Trainer
    Flagstaff Medical Center
    Kathryn.Good@nahealth.com
    Cell: 928.814.9404

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