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Review Code Notes When Reporting Eosinophilic Asthma

Published on Mon Apr 08, 2024

Question: I received a pulmonology report that lists the diagnoses as eosinophilic asthma and acute exacerbation of moderate persistent asthma. I assigned J82.83 and J45.51, but the claim was denied. How do I correct the claim? Missouri Subscriber Answer: You are correct to assign J82.83 (Eosinophilic asthma), but the moderate persistent asthma diagnosis should be reported with J45.41 (Moderate persistent asthma with [...]
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