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My provider is treating a dancer who has pes planovalgus. She coded as acquired, but I queried her because her documentation does not state a cause for acquired flat foot.
She does not state in her documentation acquired or congenital, and she does not document "this is what caused the flat foot" (like arthritis due to dancing or something.)
I do not see a rubric for "code x if not specified" so I'm at a loss. Any suggestions? I've already inquired, and she says "It is unknown if he was born with flatfeet, without having his pediatric evaluation."
My thinking is to default to congenital unless we know a cause, but maybe I'm wrong? Please help!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
She does not state in her documentation acquired or congenital, and she does not document "this is what caused the flat foot" (like arthritis due to dancing or something.)
I do not see a rubric for "code x if not specified" so I'm at a loss. Any suggestions? I've already inquired, and she says "It is unknown if he was born with flatfeet, without having his pediatric evaluation."
My thinking is to default to congenital unless we know a cause, but maybe I'm wrong? Please help!