You still have only one code for acute patients. Acute tracheitis is one condition your otolaryngologist diagnoses that has had an easy transition under ICD-10. Just as you had only one code for the condition when coding with ICD-9, the [...]
Now you won’t specify whether obstruction is present. Acute laryngitis is the acute onset of hoarseness due to laryngeal inflammation. As common as the condition can be, otolaryngologists usually require only time and the common-sense avoidance of vocal excess and [...]
Question: What is the correct diagnosis code for chondritis of the larynx? Virginia Subscriber Answer: You should report 478.79 (Other disease of larynx). Note that this code also represents abscess, necrosis, obstruction, pachyderma, or ulcer of larynx. You should turn to either 464.00 [...]
Don’t miss the change to separate code families under ICD-10. Part of the physical exam for diagnosing acute laryngitis includes looking for the presence or absence of obstruction. That single detail can help guide your diagnosis selection under ICD-9. If [...]
Ignoring CCI bundles can put the brakes on all your coding efforts. Today’s fitness conscious world has brought on a new problem — exercise-induced pulmonary stress. Your pulmonologist will resort to tests known as Pulmonary stress tests (PST, a.k.a. exercise [...]
Reporting multiple tests in one day will not get you in trouble. According to estimates, up to 60 percent of the population experience symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or acid reflux, such as heartburn and acid regurgitation, at some [...]
Hint: Remembering one thing will point you in the right direction. Diagnostic endoscopies are some of the most common procedures otolaryngologists perform, so every coder needs to know the differences between types – and which ones are inclusive of the [...]
Don’t forget to take into account the number of conditions the code will represent. Although the descriptor to acute laryngitis code doesn’t mention obstruction as in ICD-9, you still have to delve into patient documentation to check for this as [...]
Don’t forget to take into account the number of conditions the code will represent. Although the descriptor to acute laryngitis code doesn’t mention obstruction as in ICD-9, you still have to delve into patient documentation to check for this as [...]
Don’t forget to take into account the number of conditions the code will represent. Although the descriptor to acute laryngitis code doesn’t mention obstruction as in ICD-9, you still have to delve into patient documentation to check for this as [...]
