Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
Look to Complications Code for Post-Surgical Peritonitis
Question:
Nursing is seeing him for assessment and care of the incision, Jackson-Pratt drain care, and ostomy teaching. He is still taking antibiotics for the resolving peritonitis. How should we code for him?
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Answer:
For this patient, list the following codes:- M1022a: 997.49 (Other digestive system complications);
- M1022b: 567.9 (Unspecified peritonitis);
- M1022c: V55.2 (Attention to illeostomy); and
- M1022d: V58.62 (Long-term [current] use of antibiotics).
Your patient was hospitalized for his perforated viscous as a complication of his colonoscopy and his subsequent peritonitis. Because he is still experiencing a complication of the original procedure (peritonitis), it's not appropriate to list an aftercare V code for this patient.
Instead, list 997.49 to indicate that your patient is experiencing digestive system complications as your principal diagnosis code.
Next, list 567.9 for your patient's peritonitis. This helps to specify the complication your patient experienced.
Follow this with V55.2 to report your patient's illeostomy and the care you are providing.
Finally, list V58.62 to show that he is receiving antibiotics for the peritonitis.
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