Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for faintness includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Faintness
Use ICD-10 code R55 for syncope and collapse, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Dizziness and giddiness
Use when faintness is described as dizziness without loss of consciousness.
Lightheadedness
Use when faintness is described as lightheadedness without syncope.
The ICD-10 code for faintness, when it results in syncope, is R55. If due to orthostatic hypotension, use I95.1.
Code I95.1 for orthostatic hypotension as primary and R55 for syncope as secondary when linked to BP changes.