ohn0disaster
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I posted this in the Diagnosis section of the forum, but I am getting no responses. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction in this section.
Any help would be appreciated. I always ask the questions that get no answers! What's up with that?! Lol
Ok, I just wanted to be sure about something. I have a doctor that writes "Myelodysplastic syndrome with anemia" as, say, DX #1. Then DX #2 will be "Anemia secondary to Myelodysplastic syndrome".
I was under the impression that anemia is a SYMPTOM of Myelodysplastic syndrome, thus eliminating the need to code the anemia since you're not supposed to code the symptom of a disease when the disease has been confirmed and coded. ie 250.00 + 790.29
He seems so intent on grinding that anemia DX in though so it's made me unsure. Should I be coding anemia in chronic illness, 285.29, along with the code for MDS?
Thanks in advance!
Any help would be appreciated. I always ask the questions that get no answers! What's up with that?! Lol