Internal Medicine Coding Alert
You Be the Coder:
Coding Diabetes With Neuropathy
Published on Sun Nov 18, 2012
Question:
Maine Subscriber
Answer:
First, you are correct that the primary diagnosis should be 250.6x (Diabetes with neurological manifestations). The instructions under this code direct you to use an additional code to identify manifestations. Both 337.1 (Peripheral autonomic neuropathy in disorders classified elsewhere) and 357.2 (Polyneuropathy in diabetes) are among the possible manifestations listed. Unfortunately, a simple notation of "peripheral neuropathy" is not enough information to allow you to choose between the two codes. Therefore, follow up with the physician and clarify with him which of these codes best describes the peripheral neuropathy indicated.Other Articles in this issue of
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