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3072999 tn?1356414732 Hi Tink, I am actually a medical coder for a hospital -the ICD-10 code would be G93.5. The ICD-9 code is 384.4. Since ICD-9 is not very specific they may have put a I after to show it is a Chiari Malformation type 1. In ICD-10 it is more specific - G93.5 states Chiari Malformation 1. So I am assuming since the ICD-9 code of 384.4 just states compression of brain they had to add a 1 so it was more specific for their notes.
Avatar m tn 1. While and ICD implant is a procedure, it is not really surgery. And ICD is typically placed on one day and pt goes home the next. Usually no anesthesia is needed. Risk is very minimal. 2. If your ejection fraction is low, the ICD will serve as an "insurance policy"--ie hopefully you'll never need it but you'd be sure glad you had it if your heart "tried to die" on you 3.
Avatar f tn I have had an enlarged lymph node in my neck (under jaw line between cheek and ear) for at least ten years, probably closer to 15 years. It came about after a bout of either strep throat or mononucleosis and when I asked my then doctor (at Kaiser Permanente) about it, he responded that it was scar tissue from an infection. It has never decreased in size and only increases slightly in size when I'm sick with a sore throat or tonsilitis.
Avatar m tn When my Dad was on hospice care (dying from heart failure) his ICD battery was getting low. But with CHF no one is quite sure how long the heart can last. They actually took him off hospice care for a few days, replaced his ICD with a plain pacemaker and then put him back on hospice. He did quite well with just that and eventually died from cancer a year or so later. How long a battery lasts depends on how much it's used.
Avatar n tn Very good. I recently had a 10cm cyst and ovary removed so I know how bad the bloating can feel. If you have more questions about the tests or concerns about outcome, feel free to drop by the Ovarian Cancer board. No, you probably don't have cancer but the women there have been through every test and surgery you can imagine. They were very helpful to me.
Avatar n tn He was having v-tach quite often and he also ended up with an ICD. After about 5 years with the ICD his heart started to fail pretty badly. The docs even put him on hospice care. Part of the problem was my Dad's reluctance to switch his meds. He was comfortable with the meds he had and didn't want to bother with the side effects of new meds. After doing a face plant in the hospital parking lot one day, he agreed to switch to the Amiodarone.
Avatar n tn My Dad had 4 heart attacks and had an ICD put in. It was a big help. In the end he passed away from cancer; his heart held up through all of that illness.
554422 tn?1220575366 I had a head-on MVA wherein I broke my neck and I believe the heart was damaged due to BFT (blunt force trauma). Cardio's say that is definitely possible, but without prior reference for heart, hard to prove. ( I was very healthy prior to acc, so no tests whatsoever needed for heart or otherwise - so nothing to compare to ). Day of acc, chest x-ray said heart 'looked' ok, so I think the damage went under the radar, until years later .
Avatar n tn (I know this because my Dad had a bad heart and had an ICD. But the lung cancer is what finally took him at the end.) I would trust your husband and SIL's choice on this. They know her the best and what she would choose if she could.
967168 tn?1477584489 Not sure if they're the same, but the doc has to put down an ICD-9 code on their "super bill" to get reimbursed by insurance. I'm not saying he'd make something up but will get as close as he can on the ICD-9 code. Don't read too much into it. Ask your doctor to clarify, don't be afraid to ask these questions.
Avatar m tn The later ICDs are more sophisticated and do a better of of identifying V-tach correctly and attempt to pace me out of V-tach before shocking. In the course of replacing tone ICD, I got an infection and the ICD and leads had to be removed and placed on the right side. Through all of this, I continued to exercise, but gave up competitive racing. In the last couple years, the V-tach returned about 1 or 2 times per month.
2059648 tn?1439766665 They used the commercial PharMetrics database and the Medicare database to identify HCV patients with and without ALD, using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition (ICD-9) codes. Future ALD prevalence was projected using progression and mortality trends from these databases. The number of patients diagnosed with ALD was tallied over a 3-year interval. Of the 1.1 million patients diagnosed with HCV infection, 16.1% were 16 to 44 years of age, 38.
Avatar m tn A few days ago I had my ICD turned off. Have had it in place for four years and have hated every second. Am now looking into having the control unit removed. Does anyone know how difficult this is to have done. My Dr. does not want me to have it removed and even wants me to turn it back on. It has gone off once, bit my tongue almost off and broke a tooth. Enough already.
Avatar m tn Thank you for taking the time to post to the MedHelp forum. To begin, your doctor likely recommended an "implantable cardioverter defibrillator", or ICD, as in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction <35%, implantation of an ICD has been shown to improve survival. This is because people with a low ejection fraction are at higher risk for sudden cardiac death from an arrhythmia.
Avatar f tn Is your mother on any heart medications? Does the heart "racing" happen often? Line of thought here is that a beta blocker may be a help in dealing with the high heart rate, then that is something your doctor has to decide. Many of us take a generic named Metoprolol to slow our heart rate...in my case my HR is always high and I do not have an ICD/Pacemaker.