Wiki Coding Anxiety and Depression

[Pam Crose]

On an outpatient laboratory order the DX states: Anxiety and depression - F41.8. There is no access to the physicians notes in our EMR. Should we code this as F41.8 (mixed anxiety and depression) or code the anxiety and depression separately?

Thanks

 

[tag60]

This was discussed in a post by davcn. You can enter that in the search box and see the discussion. In short, you would code them separately unless the provider has established a link between them. Hope this helps!

 

[Pam Crose]

Thank you!