Question: If a patient suffers from an intracranial abscess and granuloma, should I report two diagnosis codes or one? RCI Subscriber Answer: You’ll report a single diagnosis code for intracranial abscess and granuloma, which are tiny (non-cancerous) clumps of white [...]
Question: Notes indicate that the surgeon performed a level 4 office evaluation and management (E/M) service and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain without contrast, followed by contrast and further sequences, for an established patient. Final diagnosis was “embolic [...]
Question: Notes indicate that the physician performed a level four office evaluation and management (E/M) service and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain without contrast, followed by contrast and further sequences, for an established patient. Final diagnosis was [...]
Question: Notes indicate that the surgeon performed a level four office evaluation and management (E/M) service and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain without contrast, followed by contrast and further sequences, for an established patient. Final diagnosis was “embolic [...]
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the physician performed an office evaluation and management (E/M) service for a new patient that lasted 52 minutes and included moderate-level medical decision making (MDM). Final diagnosis was “cerebellar abscess, embolic.” I don’t see an [...]
Do you know the code for a ‘blink reflex’ EP test? When your provider performs an evoked potential (EP) study, they could be testing for a number of neurological conditions. Last month, we examined how to code short-latency and central [...]
Question: The physician documented that the patient has an embolic cerebellar abscess. Which ICD-10 code should we report for this condition? Nebraska Subscriber Answer: You should report G06.0 (Intracranial abscess and granuloma) for this condition. Code G06.0 includes a number [...]
Question: How should I code for an L4-S1 laminectomy for drainage of epidural abscess and drainage and debridement of the L5-S1 interspace? Additionally, the surgeon performed an L3-L4 laminectomy for spinal stenosis. Delaware Subscriber Answer: Based on the procedure descriptions [...]
Diagnosis code choice will remain simple in 2014. When your anesthesia provider is involved in surgery to treat an intracranial or intraspinal abscess after ICD-10 goes into effect, coding will be simple. Just remember that the abscess codes also apply [...]
Diagnosis code choice will remain simple in 2014. When your anesthesia provider is involved in surgery to treat an intracranial or intraspinal abscess after ICD-10 goes into effect, coding will be simple. Just remember that the abscess codes also apply [...]
