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I am very confused with this guidance from the Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2018: "If a patient is diagnosed with a pressure ulcer associated with diabetic neuropathy and diabetic peripheral vascular disease, it is reportable as code I96, Gangrene not elsewhere classified, and code from L89, Pressure ulcer, rather than as a diabetic skin ulcer. Report additional codes to capture the peripheral angiopathy and neurological complications of diabetes. In this instance, do not associate the diabetes with the gangrene (eg, do not report code E11.51, Type 2 diabetes mellitus with peripheral angiopathy without gangrene."
Would someone please help me to interpret this? I am not understanding why I should automatically code the gangrene if it is documented as a diabetic pressure ulcer...
Would someone please help me to interpret this? I am not understanding why I should automatically code the gangrene if it is documented as a diabetic pressure ulcer...