Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

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Answer: Because the ob-gyn normally gives a patient Toradol to prevent pain after the procedure, you should treat this as a prophylactic measure. Therefore, you should report V07.39 (Other prophylactic chemotherapy). Toradol is a drug the obgyn prescribed to the patient to prevent pain, so it qualifies as a prophylactic measure.

Unless she is having postop pain when the drug is given and your ob-gyn documents this complaint in the medical note, you should not report 338.18 (Other acute postoperative pain).

ICD-10: So far, you won't find a code in ICD-10 for V07.39 that applies. Code 338.18, however, will become G89.18 (Other acute postprocedural pain).