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Blood alcohol level (Y90)
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.5.b.5
“A code from category Y90, Evidence of alcohol involvement determined by blood alcohol level, may be assigned when this information is documented and the patient's provider has documented a condition classifiable to category F10, Alcohol related disorders.”
“The blood alcohol level does not need to be documented by the patient's provider in order for it to be coded.”
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