Encounter for dialysis and dialysis catheter care (V56)

ICD-9 code V56 for Encounter for dialysis and dialysis catheter care is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -PERSONS ENCOUNTERING HEALTH SERVICES FOR SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND AFTERCARE (V50-V59).

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Dialysis Units

I believe free standing dialysis units are to code V56.0 then 585.6. However, could someone please inform me as to where exactly in the Medicare guidelines this is stating. I am having difficulty pr... [ Read More ]

coding for peritoneal dialysis exchange

[b]Fitting and Adjustment of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter[/b] I would general use an "Encounter" code for this procedure. Since there was a catheter already in place prior to this procedure, I'd use ... [ Read More ]

Dialysis Units

Can free standing dialysis units bill code V56.0? Thank you for any help.... [ Read More ]

Aftercare coding

Thank you for the reply. Diagnostic coding guideline for outpatient services states that "Certain aftercare codes require secondary dx". Kindly see reference below. Would like to have some clarificat... [ Read More ]

Dialysis Center coding question, is a code from V56.x required?

Can anyone provide me some documentation that says that dialysis centers billing for a dialysis "session" has to code the claim as V56.x, 585.6? I have not been able to find anything that says the V ... [ Read More ]

V45.11 vs. V56.0

If the V45.11 excludes V56.0 only, we could only assign V56.0, but here the two codes excludes each other, V56.0 excludes V45.11 and V45.11 excludes V56.0, what decision we have to take in such situat... [ Read More ]

V45.11 vs. V56.0

V56.0 and V45.11 are mutually exclusive, hence we can add these together? V56.0 excludes V45.11 and V45.11 excludes V56.0. (If a patient is a chronic dialysis dependent and he/she is currently coming ... [ Read More ]

V45.11 vs. V56.0

V56.0 excludes using the V45.11 so they cannot be coded together. It is redundant to say they are here for dialysis and they are a dialysis patient.... [ Read More ]

V45.11 vs. V56.0

Yes, V56.0 is only first listed code and this is using when the patient is coming for dialysis treatment (encounter for dialysis V56.0) and the V45.11 is the status for dialysis, which means the patie... [ Read More ]

V45.11 vs. V56.0

V56.0 is first listed only allowable and is to be used for the actual encounter to receive the dialysis. V45.11 is a secondary only code to be used to indicate the status of being a dialysis patient.... [ Read More ]

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