Is there an updated coding clinic that says "Not" to code Insulin with Diabetes?
I was audit and got an error for not capturing Z79.4 for patient with Type 1 Diabetes. I disagreed and said
Type 1 Diabetes is an insulin dependent disease and therefore Z79.4
would not coded because this is what I was taught but got back a screen shot from
Coding Clinic Q3, 2013 which states "Long term use of insulin may also be assigned" for Diabetes Type 1.
I was audit and got an error for not capturing Z79.4 for patient with Type 1 Diabetes. I disagreed and said
Type 1 Diabetes is an insulin dependent disease and therefore Z79.4
would not coded because this is what I was taught but got back a screen shot from
Coding Clinic Q3, 2013 which states "Long term use of insulin may also be assigned" for Diabetes Type 1.