ruthan
Networker
Good morning fellow coders,
I am in need of some help. Our hospital is going to start a Anticoag. Clinic in December where they will draw for there PT and do any medication adjustment based on the Physician's response to the results.
Currently these patient's are being drawn in our lab and we are using the V58.83 (Encounter for therap. drug monitoring), V58.61 (long-term use of anticoagulants) and then there dx. ie. A-fib or DVT.
With this clinic am I going to following the same coding guidelines as they are being tested for the monitoring of the anticoagulant....or should I just use why they are getting the anticoagulant first then use the V codes? Are there any hard-copy rules on this?
Any suggestions anyone has will be helpful.
I am in need of some help. Our hospital is going to start a Anticoag. Clinic in December where they will draw for there PT and do any medication adjustment based on the Physician's response to the results.
Currently these patient's are being drawn in our lab and we are using the V58.83 (Encounter for therap. drug monitoring), V58.61 (long-term use of anticoagulants) and then there dx. ie. A-fib or DVT.
With this clinic am I going to following the same coding guidelines as they are being tested for the monitoring of the anticoagulant....or should I just use why they are getting the anticoagulant first then use the V codes? Are there any hard-copy rules on this?
Any suggestions anyone has will be helpful.