Question: Our ophthalmologist evaluated an inpatient who was in a car accident. The patient said she felt fine except for some pain in her left eye where her face hit the steering wheel. The X-ray confirmed a fracture of the [...]
Question: Our ophthalmologist evaluated an inpatient who was in a car accident. The patient said she felt fine except for some pain in her left eye where her face hit the steering wheel. The X-ray confirmed a fracture of the [...]
Question:The ob-gyn routinely performs an ultrasound (US) at 7-9 weeks (76801) to check the number of fetal sacs as well as checking for fetal heart tones. Is this diagnosis V28.3? She also routinely performs an US (76815) for a single pregnancy [...]
Question: My physician performs a fern test on a patient, trying to rule out rupture of membranes. What diagnosis code applies? Mississippi Subscriber Answer: If the test result proves positive, then you should report 658.13 (Premature rupture of membranes with [...]
Question: I keep reading information that payers should reimburse medically indicated ultrasounds if we use the correct codes. However, I cannot find some diagnosis codes for some indications. They are as follows: - Determine fetal viability/confirm cardiac activity - Uncertain dating/estimate [...]
If you-re having trouble supporting ob ultrasound claims, help is here Coders, beware. The latest round of ICD-9 will have you scrambling to apply numerous new codes for both obstetric and gynecological conditions -- unless you begin learning them now. [...]
From pressure ulcers to suspected ob troubles, we've got you covered Breast disorder diagnosis codes are getting a boost in 2009 with six new codes, and there are even more diagnoses you need to be on alert for. Part of [...]
Question: My ob-gyn is seeing a patient pregnant by her cousin and is at risk for genetic birth defects. Unless tests prove the fetus has an abnormal feature or the ob-gyn suspects an abnormality, should I use the regular V22 [...]
