Q&A: Lewy body dementia and Parkinson?s disease
HIM Connection, April 12, 2011
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Q: May I report Lewy body dementia (LBD) for a patient who has Parkinson’s disease with dementia?
- ICD-9-CM code 331.82 (dementia with Lewy bodies) for patients who have Parkinson’s disease with dementia; and
- Either code 294.10 (dementia in conditions classified elsewhere without behavioral disturbances) or 294.11 (dementia in conditions classified elsewhere with behavioral disturbance), depending on whether behavioral disturbances are present
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