Hi all! question...I am seeing an icreasing number of bronchiolitis diagnoses on my office's charts. However, the providers are not documenting (nor testing for) the organism causing it.
In the icd9 book the code for bronchiolitis references to 466.19 and is written as "Acute Bronchiolitis Due To Other Infectious Organisms- Use Additional Code To Identify Organism". Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot use this 466.19 code unless I also capture the code for the organism, right?![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
In the icd9 book the code for bronchiolitis references to 466.19 and is written as "Acute Bronchiolitis Due To Other Infectious Organisms- Use Additional Code To Identify Organism". Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot use this 466.19 code unless I also capture the code for the organism, right?