Icd 10 code for neutropenic fever due to chemotherapy

I have a case that I am a little confused on and would like some guidance. Patient presented with a stroke, was also pancytopenic due to chemo. The reason for admission was the CVA, pancytopenia due to chemo as an MCC.

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Later in the hospital stay, the patient developed a fever which they called “neutropenic fever”. Do we use the advice of this coding clinic and code agranulocytosis, anemia, and thrombocytopenia and not the pancytopenia?

Question:A patient with anemia and thrombocytopenia is admitted with fever and neutropenia. The provider documented that the neutropenia and anemia are secondary to chemotherapy for medulloblastoma with spinal metastasis. Since pancytopenia includes anemia, neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, is it appropriate to assign a code for pancytopenia when the neutropenia is secondary to chemotherapy?Answer:Assign code D70.1, Agranulocytosis secondary to cancer chemotherapy, as the principal diagnosis. Codes R50.81, Fever with conditions classified elsewhere, T45.1X5A, Adverse effect of antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drug, Initial encounter, D64.81, Anemia due to antineoplastic chemotherapy, D69.59, Other secondary thrombocytopenia, should be assigned as additional diagnoses.Patients may present with both pancytopenia and neutropenia with fever. They are clinically different processes. The pancytopenia code alone does not convey the complete clinical picture. However, the excludes1 note at category D61, Other aplastic anemias and other bone marrow failure syndromes, prohibits assigning code D70.1 along with a pancytopenia code in this category. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has agreed to address the issue of the excludes1 at category D61 at a future ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting.

If a patient has pancytopenia due to chemo and at any time develops a fever (neutropenic fever) we don’t code the pancytopenia? Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me when it is not the reason for admission. You lose your MCC if the patient develops a neutropenic fever during the stay?

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Neutropenia ICD 10 Diagnosis

In order to diagnose neutropenia ICD 10, the provider will need to arrange regular blood tests to investigate neutropenia ICD 10 and other blood-related side effects of chemotherapy. Some people feel tired when they have neutropensia. People can find out through a blood test that they have the disease if they get an infection. Neutropenia ICD 10 alone does not cause symptoms.

Neutropenia ICD 10 Treatments

After diagnosing Neutropenia ICD 10, treatment can be provided. Treatment for Neutropenia ICD 10 is called a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). This is used for various types of neutropenia ICD 10, including those with low white cell counts, as well as for chemotherapy. GCSF stimulates the bone marrow to produce more white blood cells. With neutropenic fever, it is assumed that infection is the cause of the fever, but the source cannot be found.

Stem cell transplants are useful to treat some types of serious neutropenia ID 10, including those caused by bone marrow problems. Granulocytes and white blood cell transfusions are rare. Medicinal changes are possible in drug-induced neutropensia. Treatments can be life-saving in some cases.

People that are diagnosed with neutropenia ICD 10 must take special measures to prevent infection. These include:

  • good hygiene, including frequent hand washing
  • good dental hygiene such as regular brushing and flossing
  • avoiding contact with sick people
  • wearing shoes
  • cleaning cuts and scratches and covering with bandages
  • using an electric razor
  • avoiding animal waste where possible
  • changing nappies for infants
  • avoiding unpasteurized dairy products
  • uncooked meat
  • raw fruits and vegetables
  • cereals, nuts and honey
  • staying away from hot tubs, ponds and rivers

ICD 10 CM D70: Neutropenia

ICD 10 CM D70.0: Congenital agranulocytosis

ICD 10 CM D70.1: Agranulocytosis secondary to cancer chemotherapy

ICD 10 CM D70.2: Other drug-induced agranulocytosis

ICD 10 CM D70.3: Neutropenia due to infection

ICD 10 CM D70.4: Cyclic neutropenia

ICD 10 CM D70.8: Other neutropenia

ICD 10 CM D70.9: Neutropenia unspecified

How do you code a neutropenic fever?

Drug induced fever should only be coded if there is documentation of such. The fever code is added to describe the neutropenia. For this query, the fever would be coded to R50. 9 Fever, unspecified.

What is chemotherapy induced febrile neutropenia?

Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a serious complication of cancer chemotherapy that can lead to delays in treatment and necessary dose reductions of chemotherapy, which compromise treatment efficacy.

What is the ICD

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D72 D72.

What is the ICD

1 for Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy and immunotherapy is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .