Nephritis and nephropathy not specified as acute or chronic (583)

Are you ready for an ICD-10 coding workout? The three most common diabetic manifestations, also known as diabetic triopathy, are nephropathy, retinopathy, and polyneuropathy. Can you code for these conditions in ICD-9 and ICD-10? Try coding for each diagnosis in [...]

Question: How should I code for a patient with principal diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy with diabetic hypertension and chronic kidney disease stage IV? North Dakota Subscriber Answer: You can’t assume a relationship between diabetes and kidney disease. But in your [...]

Question: I am coding a claim that includes the following: "secondary diabetes w/ renal manifestations." Do I have enough information to choose a diagnosis code with these notes? -- Michigan Subscriber Answer: You have enough there to choose 249.40 (Secondary diabetes [...]

Question: I read in Home Health ICD-9 Alert Volume 4, Number 7 that when you are selecting a code for a manifestation of diabetes, the code descriptor doesn't have to include the word diabetes. This got me wondering about coding [...]

Think you can't bill Medicare for 2 screenings per year? Think again Fact: The United States spends $100 billion per year on direct and indirect health costs related to diabetes. With lab testing for diagnosis and monitoring a significant part [...]

Diabetic manifestations don't always need a 'diabetic' descriptor.Did you know that $100 billion direct and indirect US health care costs per year are related to diabetes? With cash like that changing hands, even a few diabetes coding mistakes can cost [...]

Don't miss out on extra diabetes reimbursement.Fact: The United States spends $100 billion per year on direct and indirect health costs related to diabetes. With that kind of money changing hands, you can't afford any diabetes coding mistakes.Here's Sheri Bernard [...]

Think you can't bill Medicare for 2 screenings per year? Think again!Fact: The U.S. spends $100 billion per year on direct and indirect health costs related to diabetes. With that kind of money changing hands, you can't afford any diabetes [...]

Question: How should I code for a patient with diabetic nephropathy with hypertension and chronic kidney disease stage IV? A co-worker tells me that it's not appropriate to code 583.81 (Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, in [...]

Adult onset isn't always an accurate description of type II diabetes.If you're not using the right fourth and fifth digits for code 250.xx when reporting services for your diabetic patients, you're not following ICD-9 coding guidelines--and you could risk losing [...]