[Expert Solution]: Inpatient admission: The elderly nursing home…

Inpatient admission: The elderly nursing home patient was admitted with aspiration pneumonitis. She was unable to swallow or eat as a result of a stroke, which occurred 2 months earlier. She was experiencing progressive aspiration and weight loss. It was hoped that anchoring a feeding tube would alleviate the situation. Discharge diagnoses: (1) Neuogenic dysphagia secondary to cerebrovascular accident, (2) impending malnutrition with weight loss, (3) aspiration pneumonia. Procedures performed: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with placement of a feeding tube. 1 PDx with POA: J18.9 Y J69.0 Y T17.920AY 3 Secondary Dx with POA: I69.921Y I69.391Y I69.398Y E43Y E44.1Y R63.4Y There is an instructional note following the sequelae of late effects to assign another code – you must find that code. 1 ICD-10 Procedure 0DH60UZ 0DH63UZ 0DH64UZ