Wiki Coding Question

[rbynmnk]

We have a patient who was scheduled for a CT. The indications for the CT were that the patient had a pulmonary embolism (PE) in 2007 and a 2nd pulmonary embolism in December 2013. If the patient had a CT in March 2014 and the findings were negative, can you still use the PE as the diagnosis?

Thank you for your time,
Robyn

 

[mitchellde]

No you cannot use a dx code that does not currently exist at the time of the encounter.

 

[Tonyj]

No you cannot use a dx code that does not currently exist at the time of the encounter.

Would V12.55 (personal history of PE) be appropiate?

 

[mitchellde]

Yes you can code the history of given the documentation.