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What is the time frame defining when pain becomes chronic? {Ans: No time frame Rationale: Per ICD-10-CM guidelines Section I.C.6.b.4, there is no time frame defining when pain becomes chronic pain. The provider's documentation is used to guide when the pain is acute and when it is chronic.}A patient sees the nephrologist for a B-12 injection to treat erythropoietin resistant anemia due to stage 3 chronic kidney disease. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported? {Ans: N18.30, D63.1 Rationale: In the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index look for Anemia/in (due to) (with)/chronic kidney disease or Anemia/erythropoietin resistant anemia (EPO resistant anemia) guiding you to code D63.1. In the Tabular List at D63.1 there is an instructional note stating to code first underlying chronic kidney disease. Look in the Alphabetic Index for Disease, diseased/kidney/chronic/stage 3 (moderate) guiding you to code N18.30. Because the subdivision of stage is not documented, unspecified is used. Verify code selection in the Tabular List.}An HIV positive patient was admitted with skin lesions on the chest and back. Biopsies were taken, and the pathologic diagnosis was HIV related Kaposi's sarcoma. Leukoplakia of the lips and splenomegaly were also noted on physical examination. Discharge diagnoses: (1) HIV infection, (2) Kaposi's