urbach34@yahoo.com
Networker
We have had a debate going on in our office regarding proper coding of 99213 office visit with an injection. The other coder and myself have coded things the same in the past, but we have recently had others start questioning how we are doing things. If a patient comes in with Lt knee pain and stiffness, and ends up being diagnoised with osteoarthritis of the Lt knee, and gets an injection into the knee, are we able to code as follows:
Dx codes: (A)M17.12, (B)M25.562, (C)M25.662
99213-25 (A,B,C)
20610-Lt (A,B,C)
J1040 (Depo Medrol 80mg) (A,B,C)
We are being advised that we cannot tie the same diagnosis to the office visit as we do the injection. We've been told we should only link the pain (M25.562) and stiffness (M25.662) to the office vist, and the osteoarthritis (M17.12) to the injection.
Anyone with feedback on this would be greatly appreciated...
Dx codes: (A)M17.12, (B)M25.562, (C)M25.662
99213-25 (A,B,C)
20610-Lt (A,B,C)
J1040 (Depo Medrol 80mg) (A,B,C)
We are being advised that we cannot tie the same diagnosis to the office visit as we do the injection. We've been told we should only link the pain (M25.562) and stiffness (M25.662) to the office vist, and the osteoarthritis (M17.12) to the injection.
Anyone with feedback on this would be greatly appreciated...