Case Study Corner:
Keep These Codes Close in This Adverse Chemo Effect Scenario
Published on Wed Oct 26, 2022
Hint: Know your T36-T50 definitions. Patients reporting to your oncologist with adverse reactions to their chemotherapy are commonplace. But describing this situation isn’t as simple as just applying a code from T36-T50 (Poisoning by, adverse effects of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances). Medical terminology, ICD-10-CM coding guidelines, and even an understanding of conditions and their symptoms all [...]