Wiki Office visit code

[cjavorsky]

After a patient has come in and has finished up a series of knee injections and then comes back in a few weeks for just the check up, what ICD-9 code would be appropriate to use? The code that was used for the injections?

Thanks for any input.

 

[dmalone178]

office visit

What kind of medication and injection was it? Generally I use the same ICD-9 code that was used for the injections because the patient still has the same issue/problem-injections only relieve the symptoms and typically buy the patient time if they are trying to avoid surgery. Hope this helps!

DLM-CPC-A
Orthopaedics