Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

Question: My ob-gyn documented “left mastitis,” and someone told me that this isn’t enough documentation. Why not? Washington Subscriber Answer: If your documentation says the patient has “mastitis,” then you’ll need to query for more information. That’s because mastitis can be of several types: with abscess, without abscess or granulomatous mastitis. Background: Granulomatous mastitis is a “rare, chronic, inflammatory condition of the [...]