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ICD-Code G45.3: Amaurosis fugax

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In outpatient care, the ICD code on medical documents is always appended with a diagnostic confidence indicator (A, G, V or Z): A (excluded diagnosis), G (confirmed diagnosis), V (tentative diagnosis) and Z (condition after a confirmed diagnosis).

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Transient ischemic attack (TIA): woman sitting on a bench with one hand clutching her forehead and her head bent down slightly. A doctor’s receptionist is kneeling in front of the woman holding her by the left shoulder with her right hand. Transient ischemic attack (TIA): woman sitting on a bench with one hand clutching her forehead and her head bent down slightly. A doctor’s receptionist is kneeling in front of the woman holding her by the left shoulder with her right hand.

Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

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