Question

Principal diagnosis:

What is the correct diagnosis code?

Second diagnosis:

What is the correct diagnosis code?

Third diagnosis:

What is the correct diagnosis code?

Answer 1

Principal diagnosis refers to the main reason for the patient to get admitted in the healthcare sector.

For example

If a patient complaints of breathlessness on walking,extreme fatigue,cyanosed,whistling breath sounds,bradycardia ,raise blood pressure ,pain in leg the diagnosis made here is Asthma .This forms the primary diagnosis and the patient treated for this condition can get rid of other symptoms

Primary diagnosis code:The ICD-10-CM code framed for Asthma is the primary diagnosis

Secondary diagnosis refers to the additional problem which exists during the time of admission

Here the secondary diagnosis is hypertension

Secondary diagnosis code is made code for hypertension

Third diagnosis refers to the other diagnosis or the complaints similar to secondary code

Here the third diagnosis is pain in leg

The third diagnosis code is made for pain in leg