michelleholt
Networker
This is a two part question: First Question: When coding for a PCP, the doctor would remove a lesion in the office. We would hold that note till pathology report came back, then code the note. Is this the proper thing to do or do we code what is true that day, and code when the patient comes back for the results from the path. report?
Second Question: In orthopedics, when a patient has an infection due to surgery, has an I&D performed, the surgical coders code a T code. Now the T codes ask for an additional code to code the infection. The surgeon won't know what the infection is till the path. report comes back. Now does the coder code the T code without the additional code for the infection (which is true on that day) or does the coder wait till the path. report comes back and code the T code with the additional code for the B code for the infection.
Thank you for your answer or answers ahead of time.
Michelle Holt-Jarmacz, CPC, CPC-I
Second Question: In orthopedics, when a patient has an infection due to surgery, has an I&D performed, the surgical coders code a T code. Now the T codes ask for an additional code to code the infection. The surgeon won't know what the infection is till the path. report comes back. Now does the coder code the T code without the additional code for the infection (which is true on that day) or does the coder wait till the path. report comes back and code the T code with the additional code for the B code for the infection.
Thank you for your answer or answers ahead of time.
Michelle Holt-Jarmacz, CPC, CPC-I