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276.51 - Dehydration The above description is abbreviated. This code description may also have Includes, Excludes, Notes, Guidelines, Examples and other information.Click here to Sign In to your account.Click here to View Pricing now. The above description is abbreviated.
Most often procedures will not have qualifiers, and if no qualifier is identified, the character Z is used. Now letâs look at a coding example. If a coder is assigning a code for an excisional debridement of a left heel ulcer the ICD-9-CM code 86.22 would be used. However, in ICD-10-PCS the code is assigned to 0HBNXZZ. This breaks down as follows: