Diabetic Ketoacidosis

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in Home Care Coding General
Patient went to hospital with this. We can only code DKA to type 1 diabetes, correct? So would I code it resolved by the time patient comes home? Patient also has type 2 DM nephropathy. Or can patient only be type 1, when they have DKA?

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  • SusanWinokurSusanWinokur
    edited April 2017
    Type II diabetes with ketoacidosis codes to E13.1- (See tabular note under E13.10 in the Decision Health manual)

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