WA Coding Rules A-Z Index

A

• Ablation, endometrial (PDF 132KB)
• Additional diagnoses in delivery episodes of care (PDF 287KB)
• ACAT assessment (PDF 244KB)
• Activity (U50 - U73) codes (PDF 192KB)
• Adhesions divided during caesarean without labour (PDF 265KB)
• Admission for insertion peritoneal catheter for dialysis (PDF 133KB)
• Adverse effect of Champix (Varenicline) (PDF 151KB)

• Allergic reaction to bee venom administered during venom immunotherapy (Ultrarush dosing schedule)(PDF 273KB)

• Amniotic membrane transplant (PDF 132KB)

• Anaemia in episode of miscarriage or termination (PDF 239KB)
• Angiogram, CT coronary (PDF 132KB)
• Angio-oedema due to drug in therapeutic use (PDF 212KB)
• Angioplasty, chemical (PDF 209KB)
• Anticoagulation therapy presurgery (PDF 160KB)
• Anti-venom administration (PDF 189KB)
• Aphasia, dysphasia (PDF 189KB)
• Arrest of nasal haemorrhage (PDF 243KB)
• Arthroscopy of knee with lateral release, meniscectomy and chondroplasty (PDF 131KB)

• Aryepiglottoplasty/supraglottoplasty performed for laryngomalacia (PDF 149KB)
• Asthma, infective (PDF 189KB)
• Asynclitic presentation (PDF 132KB)
• Atypical chest pain (PDF 189KB)
• Atypical small acinar proliferation of the prostate (ASAP) (PDF 207KB)
• Augmentation of labour (PDF 191KB)

B

• Bakri balloon catheter for haemorrhage post abortion (PDF 151KB)
• Bigeminy, Ventricular (PDF 131KB)
• Interpretation of ACS 0020 for bilateral ureteric stent insertion (PDF 216KB)
• Biopsy, open frozen section, during surgery (PDF 130KB)
• Biopsy of prostate, transperineal (PDF 262KB)
• Biopsy, punch (PDF 130KB)
• Biopsy, skin of eyelid (PDF 132KB)
• Bladder stretch injury, acute urine retention (PDF 187KB)

• Blastocystis hominis (PDF 132KB)
• Bleb post trabeculectomy (PDF 131KB)
• Bleeding gastric arteriovenous malformations (PDF 191KB)
• Block, retrobulbar or peribulbar (PDF 132KB)
• Blood alcohol level (BAL) (PDF 150KB)
• Body Mass Index (BMI), high (PDF 274KB)
• Bone anchored hearing aid replacement (PDF 158KB)
• Bone graft substitute (PDF 154KB)
• Bone graft with ORIF (PDF 211KB)

• Booked admission for cardioversion that is cancelled due to patient in sinus rhythm (PDF 209KB)
• Booked admission for excision of lesion that has disappeared (PDF 150KB)
• Borderline diabetes (PDF 239KB)
• BT shunt takedown, division, or ligation (PDF 132KB)
• Buccal mucosal graft with urethroplasty (PDF 188KB)
• Bulging anterior fontanelle (PDF 230KB)
• Bursectomy performed with SAD (PDF 131KB)

C

• CADASIL (PDF 152KB)
• Calculus extraction from bile duct, failed (PDF 203KB)
• Cancelled chemotherapy (PDF 210KB)
• Cancelled infusion (PDF 264KB)
• Candidiasis, UTI (PDF 211KB)
• Capillaritis, isolated pulmonary (PDF 207KB)
• Cardiac arrest with CPR - procedures normally not coded (PDF 341KB)
• Carotid Occlusion Test (PDF 131KB)
• Cellulitis/abscess due to self-injecting (PDF 257KB)
• Cerebral infarction with specified infarct site (PDF 192KB)
• Cerebral infarction and occlusion of cerebral/precerebral arteries (PDF 132KB)
• Cervical suture, diagnosis for same day removal (PDF 132KB)

• Co-ablation of laryngotracheal papillomatosis (PDF 200KB)
• Coding of Chapter 20 (imaging) codes when performed under cerebral anaesthesia (PDF 206KB)
• Chemotherapy/pharmacotherapy for neoplasm related conditions (ACCD Coding Rule) (PDF 219KB)
• Chemotherapy, multiple, under cerebral anaesthesia (PDF 194KB)
• Cholestasis of pregnancy (PDF 212KB)
• Clonidine suppression test (PDF 195KB)
• Closure of ileostomy (PDF 211KB)
• Clot retention secondary to TURP (PDF 79KB)
• Complication, PEG infection/leaking gastrostomy (PDF 209KB)
• Complications of prosthetic devices, implants and grafts/haematoma following cardiac catheterisation

• Complications specific to multiple gestation (use of O31 codes) (PDF 132KB)
• Continuous glucose monitor (CGM) insertion (PDF 133KB)
• Constipation with overflow diarrhoea (PDF 190KB)
• Contracture, capsular, breast implant
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (PDF 264KB)
• Covered endovascular reconstruction of aortic bifurcation (CERAB) (PDF 193KB)
• Croup with stridor vs stridulous croup (PDF 131KB)
• CT cororary angiogram (PDF 133KB)
• Cubital tunnel release, endoscopic (PDF 132KB)
• Culdoplasty, McCalls (PDF 355KB)
• Cyclops lesion of knee (PDF 134KB)
• Cyst, mucous, of digit (PDF 185KB)
• Cystoscopy with uroflowmetry under anaesthesia (PDF 137KB)

D

• Defect, osteochondral or femoral condyle ulcer (PDF 191KB)
• Delayed/secondary postpartum haemorrhage (PDF 263KB)
• Delirium on a background of dementia (PDF 208KB)
• Dementia in Alzheimer's disease (PDF 283KB)
• Dermoglandular flap (PDF 190KB)
• Detorsion of ovary (PDF 125KB)
• Diabetes with fatty liver (PDF 191KB)

• Diabetes with glaucoma (PDF 139KB)
• Diabetes with unspecified kidney failure (PDF 151KB)
• Diabetic foot and osteomyelitis (PDF 149KB)
• Distress, fetal (PDF 257KB)
• Divarification rectus muscle and redundant abdominal skin (PDF 262KB)
• Divarication recti in pregnancy (PDF 132KB)

• Double balloon enteroscopy (PDF 263KB)
• Drug and alcohol use at the time of injury (PDF 258KB)
• Drug induced postural hypotension (PDF 218KB)
• Drug seeking behaviour (PDF 152KB)
• Dysplasia, hip, in cerebral palsy (PDF 132KB)

E

• Elevated Troponin (PDF 138KB)
• Encephalocele, acquired (PDF 215KB)
• Encrusted JJ stent (PDF 281KB)
• Endometrial scratch (PDF 158KB)
• Endophthalmitis versus eye infection (PDF 131KB)
• Endoscopic cubital tunnel release (PDF 132KB)
• Endoscopic dilation of duodenal stricture (PDF 150KB)
• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) & Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) pancreas (PDF 208KB)

• Endoscopy, coding, day case, causal link (PDF 128KB)
• Endoscopy, same day, findings (PDF 223KB)
• Endoscopy, single, both diagnostic and surveillance (PDF 160KB)
• Endoscopy, multiple, one diagnostic and the other surveillance (PDF 274KB)
• Endoscopy, multiple, with assignment of Z08/Z09 and/or Z11/Z12/Z13 as additional diagnosis (PDF 316KB)
• Endoscopy, same-day, follow-up diverticulitis (PDF 366KB)
• Endoscopy, same day, follow-up polyps (PDF 267KB)
• Endoscopy with insertion of flatus tube for decompression of volvulus (PDF 151KB)

• Eosinophilic oesophagitis (PDF 199KB)
• Epidural, failed, resited (PDF 187KB)
• Epidural top up in labour (PDF 191KB)
• Epidurolysis with caudal epidural (PDF 192KB)
• Episode, major depressive (PDF 211KB)
• Erosion, mesh
• Erosive oesophagitis (PDF 242KB)
• Excision, anal skin tags, with colonoscopy (PDF 242KB)
• External cause code for cultural circumcision (PDF 160KB)
• External Cause Codes with Y95 Nosocomial condition (PDF 130KB)

F

• Facet arthropathy of lumbar region (PDF 210KB)
• Facet joint cyst (PDF 197KB)
• Facetectomy (PDF 240KB)
• Facial sling procedure (PDF 184KB)
• Faecal microbiota transplantation (PDF 155KB)
• Failed gastric band (PDF 224KB)
• Failed lumbar puncture (PDF 167KB)
• Failure to Progress (PDF 158KB)

• Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) morphology (FAP) (PDF 132KB)
• Fat graft or patch to tympanic membrane (PDF 130KB)
• Febrile neutropenia secondary to chemotherapy (PDF 135KB)
• Fibroepithelial polyp (PDF 189KB)
• Fibrinopurulent peritonitis (PDF 161KB)
• Floating 12th rib syndrome (PDF 189KB)
• Flu, gastric (PDF 188KB)

• Fluid overload (PDF 259KB)
• Follicular Lymphoma transformed to Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (PDF 131KB)
• Surveillance of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) (PDF 132KB)
• Follow-up gastroscopy to check for H.pylori after completion of eradication therapy (PDF 254KB) 
• Follow-up, infected joint prosthesis, by arthroscopic biopsy (PDF 387KB)
• Follow-up ulcerative colitis (PDF114 KB)
• Frenulotomy, penile (PDF 188KB)

G

• Gastric band removal (PDF 132KB)
• Gastric band repositioning (PDF 286KB)
• Gastric band port re-siting
• Gastric stimulation therapy (PDF 132KB)
• Gastropexy and cardiopexy (PDF 158KB)
• GAVE banding via gastroscopy (PDF 150KB)

• Gerstmann's syndrome (PDF 342KB)
• Gitelman syndrome (PDF 208KB)
• Glomerulosclerosis index pathway (PDF 264KB)
• Gluing of gastric varices (PDF 191KB)
• Gold bead markers, perianal (PDF 197KB)

• Goldilocks mastectomy (PDF 218KB)
• Graft, fat with spinal surgery (PDF 217KB)
• Grafting in ACL/PCL reconstruction (PDF 130KB)

H

• Haematoma, infected (PDF 140KB)
• Haemorrhage, subgaleal (PDF 150KB)
• Hanging, attempted, with no injury (PDF 132KB)
• Harmful use of tobacco, assignment of F17.1 (PDF 216KB)
• Harvesting of ova pre-chemotherapy TVOA (PDF 243KB)
• Helicobacter Heilmannii (PDF 132KB)
• HELLP syndrome and pre-eclampsia (PDF 160KB)

• Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) administration in newborn (PDF 311KB)
• Histopathology report abstraction and morphology coding (PDF 150KB)
• Hut lung (PDF 359KB)
• Hydatid of Morgagni, bilateral excision (PDF 131KB)
• Hypertension in acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) (PDF 133KB)
• Hyperplastic rectosigmoid polyp (PDF 225KB)

I

• Immunisation in obstetrics (PDF 157KB)
• IgM Kappa paraproteinaemic neuropathy (PDF 332KB)
• Incision and drainage of abscess with curettage (PDF 210KB)
• Induction or termination 14-20 weeks with labour (PDF 219KB)
• Infected bee/insect sting (PDF 250KB)
• Infection, upper respiratory tract (URTI), viral (PDF 197KB)
• Inflammation documented on histopathology report (PDF 281KB)

• Influenza with COPD (PDF 212KB)
• Influenza with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) (PDF 234KB)
• Infra-orbital bruise (PDF 189KB)
• Injection, caudal epidural (PDF 181KB)
• Injection of adrenaline into bleeding gastric ulcer (PDF 191KB)
• Injection, sub-tenon's (PDF 239KB)
• Injection of botulinum toxin (Botox) for manifestations of cerebral palsy (PDF 323KB)
• Injection of sclerosing agent into bleeding oesophageal varices (PDF 204KB)

• Insertion anal fistula plug (PDF 154KB)
• Insertion of insulin pump (PDF 207KB)
• Insertion of IOL following traumatic cataract (PDF 154KB)
• Intramuscular sedation for anaesthesia (PDF 151KB)
• Intranasal sedation (PDF 152KB)
• Intraperitoneal infusion of ADEPT (PDF 131KB)
• Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) (PDF 150KB)
• IV Administration of Methotrexate for a Non-neoplastic Condition (PDF 150KB)
• Intravitreal Avastin injection (PDF 132KB)

J

• Jaundice of newborn COF assignment (PDF 240KB)

K

• Karydakis procedure (PDF 192KB)
• Killer T-cell infusion (PDF 150KB)

L

• Laceration with debridement (PDF 208KB)
• Laminectomy, decompression of thoracic and lumbar spine by posterior approach (PDF 151KB)
• Laparoscopic procedures (that can only be assigned to an open code), performed with another laparoscopic procedure (PDF 193KB)
• LARS gluteal tendon reconstruction (repair and reinforcement) (PDF 132KB)
• Ligation, left atrial appendage (PDF 216KB)

• Light sedation (PDF 131KB)
• Limbal stem cell deficiency causing conjunctivalisation (PDF 153KB)
• Lipiodol flushing (PDF 152KB)
• Lipofilling of breast scars (PDF 152KB)
• Loading, faecal (PDF 132KB)
• Long term use of aspirin (PDF 226KB)
• Loose skin of eyelid (PDF 209KB)
• Lord's plication of hydrocele (PDF 348KB)

• LUNA (Laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation) (PDF 231KB)
• Lymphangiectasia, intestinal, congenital (PDF 210KB)

M

• Mantle cell lymphoma in-situ (PDF 132KB)
• McRobert's manouevere (PDF 209KB)
• Melanosis coli and bladder trabeculation (PDF 241KB)
• Metabolic acidosis in diabetes mellitus (PDF 272KB)
• Metallosis due to joint prosthesis
• Methylated spirits poisoning (PDF 207KB)
• Microfracture of ankle (PDF 138KB)

• Mild rejection of cardiac transplant (PDF 208KB)
• Missed abortion with retained placenta (PDF 222KB)
• Mittendorf's dot (PDF 298KB)
• MMR vaccine in obstetrics (PDF 233KB)
• Mucinous cystadenoma (PDF 190KB)
• Mucosal pressure injuries (PDF 209KB)

• Mucus plug in bronchiectasis (PDF 132KB)
• Multiple insertion of intercostal catheter (PDF 191KB)
• Multiple primary tumours in the same organ (PDF 206KB)
• Musculo-skeletal limb pain (PDF 132KB)
• Myositis, autoimmune necrotising (PDF 244KB)
• Myringoplasty, transcanal, with temporalis fascia graft (PDF 190KB)

N

• Nasojejunal feeding tube (PDF 132KB)
• Neovascularisation, choroidal (PDF 157KB)

• Neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord lesion/disease (PDF 147KB)

• Non-small cell lung carcinoma vs adenocarcinoma (PDF 191KB)
• Notchplasty performed without reconstruction of knee (PDF 212KB)

O

• Observation following fall in hospital (PDF 202KB)
• Obstructive sleep disorder (PDF 241KB)
• Occlusion of internal carotid artery (PDF 209KB)
• Occlusion, left atrial appendage, percutaneous (PDF 156KB)

• Omental Patch for Peptic Ulcer (PDF 132KB)
• Open component separation technique for repair of incisional hernia (PDF 152KB)
• Os acromiale (PDF 210KB)

• Osteitis pubis (PDF 242KB)
• Over-expanded earlobes (PDF 173KB)

P

• Palacos bone cement (PDF 191KB)
• Palliative care episode, sequencing of cancer codes (PDF 192KB)
• Pancytopenia (PDF 158KB)
• Papillary fibroelastoma (PDF 131KB)
• Papillary TCC of kidney (PDF 189KB)
• Parkinson's disease with neurogenic orthostatic (postural) hypotension (PDF 384KB)
• Pathology (lab) test results, coding of abbreviations (PDF 221KB)
• Perineal obstetric tears at multiple sites (PDF 150KB)
• Periodic limb movement (PDF 97KB)

• Peritoneal lavage (PDF 191KB)
• Pharmacy procedure codes (PDF 132KB)
• PICQ Indicator 102063 (PDF 128KB)
• Pleural catheter for administration of analgesia (PDF 131KB)
• Pneumonia with multiple organisms (PDF 190KB)
• Portal gastropathy (PDF 131KB)
• Positive coeliac serology (PDF 195KB)
• Post-endometrial ablation syndrome (PDF 292KB)

• Post Mohs defect reconstruction (PDF 140KB)
• Postpartum haemorrhage (PDF 152KB)
• Postpartum bowel obstruction (PDF 155KB)
• Postprocedural blisters due to friction (PDF 149KB)
• Pouchoscopy (PDF 189KB)
• Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) prior to 20 weeks (PDF 151KB)
• Prescribed drug induced psychosis (PDF 214KB)
• Procedures normally not coded (PDF 209KB)
• Protrusion of transvaginal tension-free tape (TVT) (PDF 197KB)
• Psychosis due to Kronic (PDF 132KB)
• Ptosis of eyebrow (PDF 221KB)
• PVD with manifestations other than ulcer in diabetic foot (PDF 132KB)

R

• Radiofrequency ablation of kidney (PDF 209KB)
• Radiofrequency ablation of varicose veins (PDF 154KB)
• Radiology/radiological report findings, coding from (ACCD Coding Rule) (PDF 253KB)
• Rapid endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) (PDF 225KB)
• Recall of THR device (PDF 133KB)
• Recurrent implantation failure (PDF 190KB)
• Reflux symptoms (PDF 140KB)

• Removal of long-term intercostal catheter, admission for (PDF 190KB)
• Removal of urethral sling in male patient (PDF 210KB)
• Removal testicular prosthesis (PDF 150KB)
• Renal nerve denervation (PDF 209KB)
• Repair of nasal septal perforation with cartilage graft (PDF 152KB)
• Repeat or re-do cardiac ablation or cardioversion (PDF 234KB)
• Replacement, MEMOKATH urinary stent, in ileal conduit (PDF 212KB)

• Retinectomy (PDF 131KB)

• Risk of sepsis vs symptoms of infection in newborn (PDF 211KB)
• Round ligament pain (syndrome) in pregnancy (PDF 160KB)
• Rollering, skin (PDF 152KB)
• RSA beads in total hip replacement (PDF 189KB)
• Rusch balloon catheter for cervical bleeding (PDF 154KB)

S

• Screening colonoscopy with benign neoplasm found (PDF 190KB)
• Shaving of skin lesion (PDF 241KB)
• Sialendoscopy (PDF 131KB)
• Silicone oil insertion, removal and exchange with laser repair of retinal detachment (PDF 158KB)
• Situational Crisis (PDF 215KB)
• Skin ulcer necrosis with gangrene (PDF 218KB)
• Smoking, passive (PDF 150KB)
• Social Anxiety and Social Phobia (PDF 131KB)

• Spurious Labour (PDF 132KB)
• Staging laparotomy (PDF 244KB)
• Stenosis, iliac artery, in diabetes with PVD (PDF 287KB)
• Stiffness of knee post TKR (PDF 204KB)
• Stretch and sweep (induction) (PDF 131KB)
• Subcutaneous ICD lead insertion (PDF 150KB)
• Suction, dilation and curettage (PDF 191KB)
• Suicidal ideation, R45.81 (PDF 156KB)
• Superficial papillary transitional cell carcinoma (PDF 190KB)

• Symphisits pubis (PDF 141KB)
• Syncope, neurocardiogenic (PDF 205KB)
• Syndrome, Costello (PDF 200KB)
• Syndrome, failed back (PDF 214KB)
• Syndrome, haemodialysis associated steal (PDF 161KB)
• Syndrome, Intra-operative floppy iris (IFIS) (PDF 139KB)
• Syndrome, Levator Ani (PDF 156KB)
• Syndrome, Lynch, indication for colonoscopy (PDF 250KB)
• Syndrome, Red Man (PDF 252KB)
• Syndrome, SMART (PDF 329KB)
• Syndrome, vitreomacular traction (PDF 151KB)

T

• Tattoo complication, external cause code (PDF 151KB)
• Telangiectasia rectum or intestine (PDF 232KB)
• Thread Lift (PDF 150KB)
• Thrombin injection into pseudoaneursym (PDF 295KB)
• Thrombosis, atrial appendage (PDF 132KB)
• Thrombocytosis (PDF 198KB)
• Tibia and fibula fracture with fracture of medial malleolus (PDF 218KB)
• TNM Classification of malignant tumors (PDF 279KB)

• Total lymphocyte irradiation (PDF 132KB)
• Transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialisation (PDF 152KB)
• Transient bone marrow oedema of hip (PDF 130KB)
• Transverse upper segment caesarean (PDF 130KB)
• Trapeziectomy and APL suspensionplasty (PDF 87KB)
• Trauma due to removal of indwelling catheter (IDC) (PDF 276KB)
• Trimming of tendon of hand (PDF 144KB)

• Triplegic spastic cerebral palsy (PDF 189KB)
• Tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) (PDF 186KB)
• Turbinoplasty (PDF 223KB)
• Twins both born via SVD (PDF 143KB)
• Tycron sutures (PDF 130KB)
• Type 1 and Type 2 MI (PDF 152KB)
• Typhlitis (PDF 131KB)

U

• Ultrasound based endovascular carotid body ablation (PDF 243KB)
• Unable to void (PDF 239KB)
• Underweight, adult (PDF 284KB)

• Upgrade of partial knee replacement (PDF 219KB)
• Urosepsis (PDF 193KB)

V

• Vaginal hysterectomy, converted to abdominal hysterectomy (PDF 190KB)
• Varicella-zoster encephalitis (PDF 131KB)
• Vascular closure devices, AngioSeal (PDF 250KB)
• Vascularised lymph node transfer (PDF 212KB)
• Venous lake, lip, excision (PDF 132KB)
• Venous sampling, selective, via venogram (PDF 150KB)

• Ventilation, invasive, calculation of hours (PDF 188KB)
• Ventilation, invasive, weaning (PDF 219KB)
• Ventilation, non-invasive devices (PDF 131KB)
• Ventilation, noninvasive, calculation of hours (PDF 209KB)
• Ventilation, noninvasive, temporarily ceased during weaning (PDF 192KB)
• Ventilation in organ procurement (PDF 189KB)

• Viral induced wheeze (PDF 270KB)

W

• Wave, dumped or knocked over by (PDF 263KB)
• Weight loss >10% in newborn (PDF 132KB)
• Withdrawal scale, alcohol or drug (PDF 256KB)

Z

• Z38 sequenced as principal diagnosis (PDF 233KB)
• Z53code instruction in ACS 1551 Obstetric perineal lacerations/grazes (PDF 191KB)