On Hospice Icd 10?

Z51. 5 - Encounter for palliative care | ICD-10-CM.

What is hospice coding?

Hospices are to identify and code on both the plan of care and the claim all of a. patient's coexisting diagnoses, both related and unrelated to the terminal prognosis. The interdisciplinary group must address and include all related and unrelated. coexisting diagnoses in the hospice plan of care.

Can Z51 5 be used as a principal diagnosis?

Answer: Yes, assign code Z51. 5, Encounter for palliative care, as principal diagnosis when palliative care is documented as the reason for the patient's admission.

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