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Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert

Gout:

Other Coding Options Depend On Underlying Cause

Published on Wed Jun 22, 2016

Before you code for gout, take note whether your podiatrist has documented gouty arthropathy, acute gout, or chronic gout and whether any lab tests were ordered to establish the presence or absence of tophus/tophi (deposits of urate crystals in the skin surrounding the joints). Further, though it is unlikely that he will have ordered lab tests to establish origin of [...]
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