General Surgery Coding Alert
Capture Underlying HIV Condition for Surgical Report
Alert payers to possible complications. When your surgeon performs a procedure on a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or full-blown acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), you need to know how to report and sequence the condition. Reporting HIV/AIDS requires detailed documentation and knowing how to use a complex set of ICD-10 options. Your diagnosis coding may impact your pay based on medical necessity and quality measures, and it can certainly impact the patient's medical record in ways that can have serious implications. All the more reason, then, for you to sharpen your coding skills by answering the following three questions related to HIV/AIDS diagnosis coding. Question1: What is the correct code to use for a patient who has HIV? Question 2: Once a patient has been diagnosed with HIV, what is the correct code sequence when the patient is seen for other conditions? Question 3: What is the appropriate diagnosis code(s) for a woman who is pregnant, who is giving birth, or who has given birth, and who has been diagnosed withHIV? Think you know the answers? Turn to "Gauge Your Answers Against the Experts'" to find out.
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