General coding standards
Unconfirmed diagnosis
A diagnosis qualified as probable, suspected, questionable or rule-out is handled differently from a confirmed one.
Cosa significa nella pratica
- Do not code an unconfirmed diagnosis as though it were established. Code the documented signs, symptoms or abnormal findings instead.
- Where a jurisdiction uses the query (Q) prefix, apply it according to that jurisdiction's direction.
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Canadian Institute for Health Information. Canadian Coding Standards for Version 2022 ICD-10-CA and CCI. Ottawa, ON: CIHI; 2022. Codici e classificazioni del CIHI
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Canadian Coding Standards for Version 2022 ICD-10-CA and CCI. Ottawa, ON: CIHI; 2022. Codici e classificazioni del CIHI