Household data are collected as of March. As stated in the Census's Source and Accuracy of Estimates for Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011 (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/p60_243sa.pdf) Estimation of Median Incomes. The Census Bureau has changed the methodology for computing median income over time.
Coding CAD. The ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for CAD are classified to subcategory 414.0x. Coding CAD requires documentation of the coronary artery involved and whether or not it is of a native artery, an artery of a transplanted heart, or a bypass graft. The fifth-digit subclassification identifies the coronary artery involved.
CPT has specific codes for dealing with a thrombectomy or revision of an AV graft, which are completely different codes from those used to code a mechanical thrombectomy of the patientâs own vessels or non-AV grafts. ICD-10-PCS also deals with a thrombectomy of these structures differently in the coding.