Diagnosis Coding:
Determining When 188.x Becomes V10.51 Depends on Exam Findings
Published on Fri Nov 15, 2013
Scour your urologist’s documentation for clues. Deciding when to switch from using an active bladder cancer diagnosis code to using a personal history of cancer code can be a challenge for even veteran coders. If a patient undergoes a cystoscopic examination every six months because of a previous bladder cancer diagnosis, do you use V10.51 (Personal history of malignant neoplasm [...]
