Plus, you’ll have additional personal history V codes for next year. In just a few months, you’ll be faced with more than 350 ICD-9 changes. If you don’t incorporate the changes into your coding that day, your practice could face [...]
V codes are never primary diagnoses, right? Wrong. When ICD-9 2010 takes effect Oct. 1, it will include a beefed-up V code section that can help you prove medical necessity for your provider's ED services. Get to the meat of [...]
Question: What diagnosis code applies to multiple chemical sensitivities?Wyoming SubscriberAnswer: Before selecting a diagnosis, verify the patient's presenting symptoms (such as rash or burn). Then use a diagnosis representing the patient's problem and the chemical related nature of that problem, [...]
Question: What diagnosis code applies to multiple chemical sensitivities?Wyoming SubscriberAnswer: Before selecting a diagnosis, verify the patient's presenting symptoms (such as rash or burn). Then add a secondary diagnosis representing the chemicals the patient was exposed to, such as 692.4 [...]
New V codes provide coders with greater levels of specificity. The new codes for ICD-9 2010 will soon take effect. And, while not all changes will affect your internal medicine practice, there are some revisions that you should check out, [...]
Question: I see that ICD-9 2010 introduced new codes for personal history of inhaled steroid therapy (V87.44) and for personal history of systemic steroid therapy (V87.45). Could you explain when I might use these codes? Georgia Subscriber Answer: You should [...]
If your ob-gyn documents 'puerperal infection,' you've got 4 new options. This year, ICD-9 2010 brought new hyperplasia, mammogram, and fertility preservation codes. In some cases, these codes simply expanded on existing options, and it'sup to you to spot when [...]
Question: I see that ICD-9 2010 introduced a new code for personal history of inhaled steroid therapy (V87.44) -- could you give a scenario when I might use this code? North Carolina Subscriber Answer: Good question! Many internists may forget [...]
Question: I see that ICD-9 2010 introduced a new code for personal history of inhaled steroid therapy (V87.44) -- could you give a scenario when I might use this code? North Carolina Subscriber Answer: Good question! Many pulmonologists may forget to [...]
More specificity for bronchial valve replacement and thrombosis location. The 2010 ICD-9 procedure code updates throw a few more changes your way, making diagnoses of thrombosis and speech changes, for instance, ever more specific. Here's your briefing: 1. Identify Lobes [...]
