emmylouf
New
Hello,
I am looking for a good resource that outlines appropriate diagnosis coding for chemotherapy and infusion billing. Is it appropriate to append all of the patients conditions that are being evaluated, managed or treated by the ordering physician for the infusion/chemotherapy or is it appropriate to only code those diagnosis the infusion/chemotherapy is being directed towards? Does anyone know if there is somewhere this can be found in writing. The guidelines simply state to either use the malignancy primary or the encounter for chemotherapy primary and the malignancy secondary, but do not answer the posed question on if the other treated conditions by the ordering physician are appropriate as well.
I am looking for a good resource that outlines appropriate diagnosis coding for chemotherapy and infusion billing. Is it appropriate to append all of the patients conditions that are being evaluated, managed or treated by the ordering physician for the infusion/chemotherapy or is it appropriate to only code those diagnosis the infusion/chemotherapy is being directed towards? Does anyone know if there is somewhere this can be found in writing. The guidelines simply state to either use the malignancy primary or the encounter for chemotherapy primary and the malignancy secondary, but do not answer the posed question on if the other treated conditions by the ordering physician are appropriate as well.