Important, I need a "second opinion" on the following discharge diagnosis from a psychiatrist after a week my husband was at a behavioral unit. "Discharge diagnosis: Dementia, Unspecified, in Conditions Classified Elsewhere without Behavioral Disturbance".
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•331.0 Alzheimer's disease
•294.11 Dementia in conditions classified elsewhere with behavioral disturbance
•V40.31 Wandering in diseases classified elsewhere
In this example the Alzheimer's is the "classified elsewhere" condition, as it immediately precedes the other two diagnoses.
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