Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert
Other Coding Options Depend On Underlying Cause
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 gout; the chances are that he will have referred to the primary physician’s records. To code lead-induced and drug-induced gout your options are:
When the gout is due to renal impairment, your coding options are:
When the gout is the secondary ailment, you would code it as:
Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert
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Other Coding Options Depend On Underlying Cause
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