Tonsillitis Coding:
Differentiate Acute, Chronic to Ace Tonsillitis Coding
Published on Thu Nov 12, 2020
Hint: Don’t trust your EHR’s default options. The colder temperatures have arrived, which means your ED is likely seeing more tonsillitis cases. And although this diagnosis is often seen among children, patients of all ages are known to present with tonsillitis. But coding this condition isn’t quite as straightforward as reaching for a code from J03.- (Acute tonsillitis) or J35.- [...]