Use them to paint the patient’s complete picture … most of the time. You’re probably familiar with the ICD-10-CM guidelines for reporting external cause. In part, they state that “there is no national requirement for mandatory ICD‐10‐CM external cause code [...]
See if you can code the case. With 15 CPT® codes and 10 HPCS Level II codes for Pap tests, is it any wonder that coders often feel confused? Let us help you cut through the clutter with this multi-step [...]
Question: I’ve heard that when a patient who has osteoporosis suffers a fracture we should code for the fracture as a pathological fracture if the fall or trauma would not usually break a normal, healthy bone. But how can I [...]
Don’t miss HPV opportunity. With 15 CPT® codes and 10 HPCS Level II codes for Pap tests, is it any wonder that pathology coders often feel confused? Let us help you cut through the clutter with this multi-step Pap case. [...]
Question: Will DCIS still be one code in ICD-10? What about for the history code V13.8? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: You won’t be lumping ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with all in situ breast cancers once ICD-10 goes into effect Oct. [...]
Z86.000 beats V13.8 for specificity. You won’t be lumping ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with all in situ breast cancers once ICD-10 goes into effect Oct. 1, 2014. Unlike ICD-9, the new code set gives you several specific codes for [...]
Question: I can’t seem to find a clear diagnosis code for personal history of atypical nevus. What am I missing? Oklahoma Subscriber Answer: An atypical nevus is not malignant, so you won’t find a specific V code in ICD-9, as [...]
Question: I can’t seem to find a clear diagnosis code for personal history of atypical nevus. What am I missing? Oklahoma Subscriber Answer: An atypical nevus is not malignant, so you won’t find a specific V code in ICD-9, as [...]
Question: I can’t seem to find a clear diagnosis code for personal history of atypical nevus. What am I missing? Oklahoma Subscriber Answer: An atypical nevus is not malignant, so you won’t find a specific V code in ICD-9, as [...]
Question: When the patient has had a DCIS diagnosis (233.0), how do you code for the “history of DCIS”? I am a bit hesitant to use the V10.3 diagnosis for history of breast cancer. Minnesota Subscriber Answer: You should use [...]
