-
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ & read the forum rules. To view all forums, post or create a new thread, you must be an AAPC Member. If you are a member and have already registered for member area and forum access, you can log in by clicking here. If you've forgotten your username or password use our password reminder tool. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below..
Wiki icd 9
- Thread starter arizona1
- Start date
cmcgarry
Guest
Where is the granuloma? Coding will vary, depending on what the site is.
Yes, indeed, it needs more info like the site(s), the organs and the underlying pathology.
Just as the site is important , so also the benign Granuloma and its underlying etiology is important to assign code correctly, involving single organ to mutiorgans,mutisystems inclusive of reticuloendothelial systems, like (for eg) ,can be because of tuberculosis, Histoplasmosis, Ecchinococus infestation, Pneumocystis carinii, and disseminated bacterial and fungal infections like aspergillosis or Sarcoidosis, a multisystem disease of unknown etiology, affecting any organ of the body, or Amyloidosis, or Piliosis. They all can show shadows of calcification on CT.
Just as the site is important , so also the benign Granuloma and its underlying etiology is important to assign code correctly, involving single organ to mutiorgans,mutisystems inclusive of reticuloendothelial systems, like (for eg) ,can be because of tuberculosis, Histoplasmosis, Ecchinococus infestation, Pneumocystis carinii, and disseminated bacterial and fungal infections like aspergillosis or Sarcoidosis, a multisystem disease of unknown etiology, affecting any organ of the body, or Amyloidosis, or Piliosis. They all can show shadows of calcification on CT.