Wiki Asthma guidelines

[justcause2]

If the physician states in the medical record the patient has Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis, can this be coded as 493.00(asthma w/rhinitis) or do you seperately code them as 493.90 and 477.9?

 

[tcowboys07]

3m gives you 493.00 when you code asthma with allergic rhinitis.