Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Massachusetts Subscriber
Answer: Unless you can find out why the physician needed the result of the FSH test (because this is not a routine screening test), V77.9 (special screening for other and unspecified endocrine, nutritional, metabolic, and immunity disorders) is your best bet. But if you know why the test was ordered, e.g., menopause suspected, or if she is being tested because of infertility problems or amenorrhea, the diagnosis would change accordingly based on her symptoms.
Answers to You Be the Coder and Reader Questions provided by Melanie Witt, RN, CPC, MA, an independent coding consultant and ob/gyn coding expert based in Fredericksburg, Va.
Ob-Gyn Coding Alert
- CPT 2002:
Many Revisions Affect Ob/Gyn
CPT 2002 features as many or more revisions to existing codes than it does new [...] - Revised Codes and New Codes
Revised Codes
56501 destruction of lesion(s), vulva; simple (e.g., laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery)
56515 [...] - You Be the Coder:
Complications
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the [...] - Complications:
How To Choose the Correct ICD-9 Code
" ICD-9 has many codes for conditions in a pregnant patient some that complicate pregnancy [...] - Reader Question:
Postoperative Visits
Question: My physician usually has a patient return to the office for a postoperative visit [...] - Reader Question:
Moschowitz Procedure
Question: What are the appropriate codes for a Moschowitz procedure and ovarian drilling for multiple [...] - Reader Question:
Cholelithiasis
Question: Is there a code for cholelithiasis of pregnancy?
Michigan Subscriber
Answer: If the pregnancy caused [...] - Reader Question:
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Question: Is there a screening diagnostic code for follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)?
Massachusetts Subscriber
Answer: Unless [...] - Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
