ICD-9 code 090.6 for Late congenital syphilis, latent is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -SYPHILIS AND OTHER VENEREAL DISEASES (090-099).
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[QUOTE="dbolivar1, post: 512740, member: 733065"]
Hello,
If the provider documents 3 weeks post-partum with one day of acute onset severe abdominal pain and no other associated symptoms. Final diagn... [ Read More ]
Hello,
If the provider documents 3 weeks post-partum with one day of acute onset severe abdominal pain and no other associated symptoms. Final diagnosis Epigastric Abdominal Pain. Would I use 090.9 ... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="Nreed, post: 509023, member: 136833"]
For Medicare and all insurance companies that follow Medicare guidelines, you might want to review Chapter 1 of the NCCI Manual on the CMS website. Here ... [ Read More ]
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Good morning i have a question please.
i have vascular doctor who on his e/m stated pt will be having major surgery, 2 weeks later pt had th... [ Read More ]
All on the same day : Patient came in through ED, referred to Colorectal [B]99221 -57, -AI[/B]; had [B]44320[/B] Colostomy (major surgery 090); and [B]45300 -51[/B] Proctosigmoidoscopy (minor diagnost... [ Read More ]
[U]UHC [/U]REIMBURSEMENT POLICY
CMS-1500
Policy Number 2020 R0005C
Global Surgery applies in any setting,
including an inpatient hospital, outpatient hospital, Ambulatory Surgical Center
(ASC), and p... [ Read More ]
From the NCCI Manual
Chapter CHAPTER III section L.9
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/NationalCorrectCodInitEd/Downloads/NCCI-Policy-January-1-2019.zip[/URL]:
"Closure/repair o... [ Read More ]
Repairs of all types are bundled. There are only a few exceptions and its related to excisions that are coded to the 1xxxx series.
NCCI Manual:
[QUOTE]Chapter III.L.9
Closure/repair of a surgical i... [ Read More ]
I found this out on the web:
[I]When the procedure is a revision (as this one is), the physician is draining a hematoma, debriding scar tissue or an infection and/or enlarging the existing pocket for... [ Read More ]