tgenius1
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Patient Diagnosed with Alcohol Abuse. Coded F10.10 Alcohol abuse, uncomplicated. How do you know if it's uncomplicated or not because there is no supporting documentation that states otherwise.
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Wiki Alcohol Abuse DX - Need Help
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CodingKing
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Did you check the excludes1 note on F10.1- probably should have queried the physician though since you cant just assume its uncomplicated
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tgenius1
Contributor
no let me check. It's referring me to F10.10 alcohol abuse uncomplicated
tgenius1
Contributor
actually I came up with F10.19 Alcohol abuse with unspecified alcohol-induced disorder
mitchellde
True Blue
I am curious as to whether you are coding for actual patient charts or for a class. is the "auditor" you refer to the instructor? I am not sure how you looked it up and came up with alcohol induced disorder but without the chart note I cannot tell you if that is right or wrong.