You Be the Coder:
Use This Peroneal Muscle Group Primer to Choose Dx
Published on Wed Nov 04, 2020
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the provider treated a patient for “laceration, peroneal muscle group, L lower leg” and “tendon strain, peroneal muscle group, L lower leg.” What is the correct coding for these diagnoses? Should I use one ICD-10 code or two? Or more? Kansas Subscriber Answer: You should report a pair of ICD-10 codes to represent this patient’s [...]