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  1. M

    Wiki Billing for return to work exam/note

    We often get patients who are required to get a work release note in order to go back to work after being sick and I never know how to bill for this. Is it even billable? The patient's symptoms are resolved and the only reason they are here is to get a note to allow them to return to work...
  2. M

    Wiki Help with dx code for resolved symptoms

    The patient was seen for a sore throat and painful swallowing but the documentation says that the symptoms had resolved. This is the first time the patient is being seen for this problem, but it is an established patient. Z09 seems inappropriate since this is not a follow up visit for the...
  3. A

    Wiki Sepsis resolved inpatient profee

    If sepsis is documented as resolved in the A/P on a patient who is still in the hosptial and the patient is no longer on antibiotics for it would you still code it if it was the reason for admission?
  4. baroquecoder

    Wiki Recurring Periodic F/U visits for Resolved Conditions

    chief complaint; follow-up. Can a cardiologist continue to report a resolved I48.91 at every subsequent visit, complete with EKG of course, even though patient is asymptomatic? How about the extent to which they can report CAD I25.10 whereby the patient was treated and is asymptomatic now?
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    Wiki Resolved Diagnosis on Discharge Summary

    Does anyone know if resolved conditions can be coded on a discharge summary? This is for the pro-fee coding of either 99238 or 99239, such as if a patient is admitted for pneumonia, and on the discharge summary it states "pneumonia-resolved", with no other diagnosis, would you still code...
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