Hello,
One of my coders just presented me with a note and in the exam portion the physician examined the thyroid. I am trying to determine what organ system that would fall into, if any; this exam element would give the note 8 and if we can't use the thyroid we will have to down code it. I know if we were using body areas it would fall under the neck, but there doesn't seem to be a place for it in the body systems. I am interested to know what other coders are doing in these cases.
Thank you for your input!
Jessica
One of my coders just presented me with a note and in the exam portion the physician examined the thyroid. I am trying to determine what organ system that would fall into, if any; this exam element would give the note 8 and if we can't use the thyroid we will have to down code it. I know if we were using body areas it would fall under the neck, but there doesn't seem to be a place for it in the body systems. I am interested to know what other coders are doing in these cases.
Thank you for your input!
Jessica