What is mild systemic
P3
The modifier that would be used to code a patient with a mild systemic disease is "CR" (catastrophic illness or injury).
Physical status modifier P2 would be used to code a patient with a mild systemic disease.
I: healthy patient II: patient with mild systemic disease without functional limitations III: patient with severe systemic disease with definite functional limitations IV: patient with severe systemic disease that is life-threatening
A systemic disease effects more than one part of the body. A severe systemic disease is spread throughout the body and impacts the patient's life to a large degree, causing widespread pain and suffering.
Systemic illnesses, such as diabetes, may result in cataracts.
Yes
No. There is a rare form of leukemia which is caused by systemic mastocytosis but most of us with the disease will not get it.
Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis)
The patient with distant metastases has systemic disease. Thus, the cancer originating in the colon begins locally and, given time, can become systemic.
Complete shedding of the nails, usually associated with systemic disease.
Both systemic lupus and Crohn's disease are autoimmune. Autoimmune diseases frequently occur together. There are some one hundred autoimmune diseases. Learn more at www.aarda.org.