JulesofColorado
Expert
Does the dx of acute exacerbation of chronic knee pain mean to code knee pain and acute and chronic pain?
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Wiki Acute exacerbation of chronic knee pain
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dpeoples
True Blue
Just knee pain I think. The accute and chronic pain in the 338.__ range is ment for nervous system. Knee pain should not be coded as a nervous system symptom unless specified as such. IMO
I hope this helps.
mitchellde
True Blue
The 338 codes are in the chapter for diseases of the nervous system and sensory organs. If you "feel" pain then that is a sensory organ. The guidelines for reporting has an entire section for pain acute and chronic and they state to code these codes as first listed along with the site specific code as long as the visit is for pain control. Otherwise they ae secondary. In addition the guidelines state that when documentation specifies both acute and chronic and codes exist for both then we code both.
JulesofColorado
Expert
Ok, thanks.