Patient comes to the ER with severe abdominal pain and a long history of alcoholism.Physician documents that patient is currently drinking a fifth of liquor a day.Patient is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis secondary to alcohol use.

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The patient's diagnosis should be coded as K85.2 for acute pancreatitis with alcoholism as the underlying cause. The alcohol disorder should be coded as F10.20, as the patient is currently consuming a fifth of liquor a day. The fifth character for both codes should be 0, as the patient is currently active and not in remission. Therefore, the correct code assignment is K85.2, F10.20.

Patient Comes to the ER with Severe Abdominal Pain and a Long