OASIS Alert

Diagnosis Coding:

V Code Quick Reference Chart for Home Care

V57.xx Rehab Aftercare (use additional code to identify underlying condition)

V57.1 - Physical Therapy (Care Involving)

V57.21 - Occupational Therapy (Encounter for)

V57.3 - Speech Therapy (Care Involving)

V57.81 - Orthotic training (Care Involving)

V54.xx Orthopedic Aftercare

V54.1x - Aftercare for healing traumatic fracture (5th digit specifies location)

V54.2x - Aftercare for healing pathological fracture (5th digit specifies location)

V54.81 - Aftercare following joint replacement (use additional code to identify joint)

V43.6x - Joint replacement site (5th digit identifies the joint)

Other Rehabilitation Therapy Associated Codes

V15.9 - Unspecified personal history presenting hazards to health

V49.6x - Upper limb amputation status (5th digit identifies location)

V49.7x - Lower limb amputation status (5th digit identifies location)

V52.x - Fitting and adjustment of prosthetic device (4th digit identifies prosthesis)

V65.43 - Fall precautions (encounter for counseling on injury prevention)

Surgical Aftercare (should be used in conjunction with other aftercare codes to fully identify the reason for the aftercare encounter)

V54.1x - Aftercare for healing traumatic fracture (5th digit identifies site)

V53.6 - Fitting/Adjustment of urinary catheters

V55.x - Attention to Artificial Openings (4th digit identifies type of opening)

V58.3 - Attention to surgical dressings and sutures (surgical dressing changes, suture removal)

V58.42 - Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm

IV Care or Maintenance

V58.1 - Maintenance Chemotherapy following disease (Encounter for)

V58.81 - Care of PICC line (Fitting and adjustment of vascular catheter)

V09.xx Infections with Drug-resistant Microorganisms (used with additional code for infectious condition classified elsewhere to indicate presence of a drug-resistant infectious organism)

Persons with Conditions Influencing Health Status

V40.x - Mental and behavioral problems

V42.x - Organ or tissue replaced by transplant

V43.3 - Heart Valve Replacement Status

V45.0x - Presence of cardiac device in situ (cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator)

V45.01 - Status Post Cardiac Pacemaker in situ

V45.81 - Post procedural aortocoronary bypass (S/P CABG)

V45.1 - Renal Dialysis Status

V46.2 - Dependence on Supplemental oxygen (long term oxygen therapy)

V58.83 - Drug Monitoring

V10.xx - Personal history of Malignant Neoplasm (4th/5th digits specify location)

Courtesy of Judy Adams, RN BSN, LarsonAllen Healthcare Group, Chapel Hill, NC

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