Ask specific screening questions about pregnancy, lactation, and chronic conditions (pernicious anaemia, cardiac disease, hypertension) that may interact with parenteral B-12 therapy
Searching by complication first: Neuropathy, diabetic redirects to Diabetes, diabetic / with / neurological complications. Retinopathy, diabetic redirects to Diabetes, diabetic / with / ophthalmic complications. Insulin dependence lookup: Z79.4 is found under Long-term (current) drug therapy / insulin. This code is critical for risk adjustment documentation
Up to 20% of people over 60 may become deficient according to UCLA Health (2022), and the National Institutes of Health estimates that 10 to 30% of older adults cannot absorb naturally occurring vitamin B12 from food
FDA, on February 3, 2012 Healthy People Co