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Wiki dx help!
- Thread starter MsMaddy
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ringalls
Networker
Hi MsMaddy
Lap banding codes to 43770 with placement of adjustable gastric device
Robin Ingalls-Fitzgerald CCS, CPC, FCS, CEMC, CEDC
Lap banding codes to 43770 with placement of adjustable gastric device
Robin Ingalls-Fitzgerald CCS, CPC, FCS, CEMC, CEDC
mitchellde
True Blue
the dx will be the obesity as documented by the physician along with the BMI V code as documented in the chart, the BMI must match the level of obesity as documented by the physician.
Carla Elsberry
New
S/p Baritric surgery status
How about V45.86 Baritric surgery status as a secondary code, you will need a primary diagnosis obesity, if the patient in still considered obese.
Carla Elsberry, CPC, CEMC
How about V45.86 Baritric surgery status as a secondary code, you will need a primary diagnosis obesity, if the patient in still considered obese.
Carla Elsberry, CPC, CEMC