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Shift and Mass Effect and Brain Compression - AHA Coding Clinic Confocal Microscopy, Cpt Codes, Icd 10, Medical Coder, Diagnostic Imaging, Billing And Coding, Medical Billing And Coding, Durable Medical Equipment, Medical Terms

The patient suffered an acute subdural hematoma with shift and mass effect. We have been instructed by a consultant that shift and mass effect are clinically synonymous with brain compression and should be coded as such. Would it be appropriate to assign code 348.4, Compression of brain, based on the provider’s documentation of “mass effect or midline shift”?

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