Tip: The majority of your new options specify trimester. No longer should you look to 646.83 (Other specified antepartum complications) as a catch-all code to use when a patient comes in with a symptom complicating her pregnancy. Now you have [...]
Question: I’m looking for the ICD-10 equivalents for V64.41 and 648.73, which is bone and joint disorders of back, pelvis, or legs in pregnancy, antepartum condition. That code comes up with O33.0, which doesn’t make sense because it’s not a deformity [...]
Question: We have an ob patient who was just diagnosed with a heart murmur. The doctor is scheduling for her to have a fetal echo on the baby. What dx code would you use? Should I use 648.63? Wyoming Subscriber Answer: No. [...]
Hint: Diabetes before pregnancy is different from gestational diabetes. If you’ve run into a situation where you need to convince your payer that a diabetic pregnant patient diabetes require services that are separate from the global package and require a [...]
Question: I’m looking for the ICD-10 equivalents for V64.41 and 648.73, which is bone and joint disorders of back, pelvis, or legs in pregnancy, antepartum condition. That code comes up with O33.0, which doesn’t make sense because it’s not a [...]
Hint: Use the same ICD-10 code for a diagnosis of puerperal psychosis. When your clinician diagnoses a patient with postpartum depression, you’ll be elated to know that there is a specific code for the condition in ICD-10. So, you’ll no [...]
Hint: Use the same ICD-10 code for a diagnosis of puerperal psychosis. When your clinician diagnoses a patient with postpartum depression, you’ll be elated to know that there is a specific code for the condition in ICD-10. So, you’ll no [...]
Question: My ob-gyn saw a pregnant patient who broke her toe. What diagnosis should I use? Should I choose one of the codes for complications of pregnancy? Maine Subscriber Answer: Your coding choice depends on what your physician has documented. The guidelines [...]
Question: A patient came in to our office complaining she had postnatal depression. During her visit she said she was also having trouble with constipation. Should I be using two office visit codes for this encounter? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: You only need [...]
Here’s what you should do when the nurse delivers the baby instead. If you’re worried you may have missed a subtle detail in the delivery scenarios on page 43, then compare what you have with what our experts provided. Your [...]
