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Dementia: severity
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.5.d
“If the documentation does not provide information about the severity of the dementia, assign the appropriate code for unspecified severity.”
“assign one code for the highest severity level reported during the stay.”
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