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Correction:

Report Controlled Diabetes With 250.01, Not 250.03

Published on Thu Oct 14, 2004

If you mix up your "1" and "3" subclassifications, you're not alone.

In the October 2004 Pediatric Coding Alert article "Becoming an Expert Diabetes Coder: We'll Show You How to Develop Your Staff's 250.xx Skills," readers proved to be the experts in catching a typo in example one.

The example described an encounter with a patient whose diabetes is well-controlled. The answer stated that because the pediatrician notes the patient's diabetes is controlled, you should "submit type I, uncontrolled with a fifth-digit subclassification of 3." The article should have recommended that you report type I, not stated as uncontrolled with a fifth-digit subclassification of "1" (Diabetes mellitus without mention of complication; type I [juvenile type], not stated as uncontrolled), instead of "3" (... type I [juvenile type], uncontrolled). Therefore, the correct answer should have been 250.01, not 250.03.
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