You Be the Coder:
Use Discretion, Provider Input when Determining HIV-Related Symptoms
Published on Fri May 11, 2018
Question: The physician saw an HIV-positive patient for treatment of numerous chronic mouth ulcers. What's the rule on coding the condition before or after the HIV diagnosis? Also, should I code the patient as asymptomatic HIV status? Indiana Subscriber Answer: There's two important questions at play here. The first addresses the proper sequencing of the diagnosis codes for mouth ulcers [...]