Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
Give Details for Robot-Assisted Surgery
Question: What's the correct way to code a robot-assisted coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)? Should I list 17.41 along with 36.11 for the CABG? -- Vermont Subscriber. Answer: You are correct in listing 36.11 (Aortocoronary bypass of one coronary artery). You should also list 39.61 (Cardiopulmonary bypass [heart lung machine]) and 00.16 (Pressurized treatment of venous bypass graft [conduit] with pharmaceutical substance) if the physician also performed these procedures. If the open procedure included a robot-assisted procedure, then you would add 17.41 (Open robotic assisted procedure). Sequence the primary procedure, 36.11, first. OASIS C has a new data item that will include inpatient procedures, which includes four places for appropriate codes.
Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
- ICD-9 2010:
ADD 6 NEW CARCINOMA CODES TO YOUR DIAGNOSIS REPERTOIRE
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Stay On Top of the 2010 ICD-9 Changes With This Checklist
Hint: This year's biggest change is process-related. Each year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...] - YOU BE THE CODER:
HOW WOULD YOU CODE FOR A HISTORY OF PRESSURE ULCERS?
Question: Should we use V67.x (Follow-up examination following surgery) rather than a condition code for [...] - CODING HOW-TO:
DISPEL THESE 2 V57.X MYTHS
Don't get caught upcoding when therapy focuses on proximate cause. When you're coding for therapy, [...] - INSERVICE EDUCATION:
DIG INTO THE DETAILS WITH THE 2010 ICD-9 CODES
Plan today for immediate staff training. Every year, you tackle hundreds of ICD-9-CM code changes [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Look to 414.8 for History of MI
Question: Our new patient has coronary artery disease (CAD), ischemic cardiomyopathy, and history of myocardial [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Back Up Co-Morbidity Coding With OASIS Documentation
Question: I am pulling my hair out over the comorbidity documentation/secondary coding. I have been [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Does Debridement Change Pressure Ulcer Coding?
Question: Is a debrided ulcer considered a nonhealing chronic wound or is it a nonhealing [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Give Details for Robot-Assisted Surgery
Question: What's the correct way to code a robot-assisted coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)? Should [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
Breathe Easier With This Belching Code
Question: Is there an ICD-9 code I can use to report belching? -- Arkansas Subscriber Answer: [...]
