Wiki PAFib by history - s/p ablation, still on "chronic Warfarin Therapy"

[chaimz]

Hello everyone,

Coding for a doctor who documents: "Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation by history - Status post ablation with chronic Warfarin therapy.

My thoughts are: since he is still on Warfarin, the P-A-Fib should be coded as active. Would you agree?

If it did not say Warfarin, but said s/p ablation, I would definitely not code the P-A-Fib.

 

[Thangamani]

Hello everyone,

Coding for a doctor who documents: "Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation by history - Status post ablation with chronic Warfarin therapy.

My thoughts are: since he is still on Warfarin, the P-A-Fib should be coded as active. Would you agree?

If it did not say Warfarin, but said s/p ablation, I would definitely not code the P-A-Fib.

yes, exactly correct, we can code "History of Paroxysmal Atrial fib on chronic warfarin therapy" as I48.0.