Hi,
Patient has Asthma and Bronchitis documented. When we go through the alphabetic index it will lead us to code Asthma with bronchitis 493.90 only...and also we cannot assign 493.90 with 490(bronchitis NOS) as per the excludes note under490. Do we need to code 493.20 for the above(Asthma with bronchitis) scenario?
any one please clarify!
Thanks for any help!
Thara L CPC H
Patient has Asthma and Bronchitis documented. When we go through the alphabetic index it will lead us to code Asthma with bronchitis 493.90 only...and also we cannot assign 493.90 with 490(bronchitis NOS) as per the excludes note under490. Do we need to code 493.20 for the above(Asthma with bronchitis) scenario?
any one please clarify!
Thanks for any help!
Thara L CPC H