Wiki Emergency room coding

[kumeena]

Patient has gout and come to ED with hand/leg etc.,pain and final diagnois is gout. Should I code gout unspec., or Acute gout? same scenerio with sickle cell also. Is it sickle cell disease or sickle cell with crisis.

Thank you

 

[VRUGULLIES]

Hi,

I'd code gout, unsp., 2749, with the info given in your post. I'd code sickle cell disease 282.60 for the second one.