dbolivar1
Networker
Hello,
If the provider documents 3 weeks post-partum with one day of acute onset severe abdominal pain and no other associated symptoms. Final diagnosis Epigastric Abdominal Pain. Would I use 090.9 Complication of the puerperium, Unspecified and R10.13 Epigastric pain. Or would it just R10.13 Epigastric pain along with 24 modifier.
My other question are we always need to use an O code for the post-partum period ?
I'm new at coding OB triage, I don't usually get a lot of post-partum encounters.
Thank you in advance!
If the provider documents 3 weeks post-partum with one day of acute onset severe abdominal pain and no other associated symptoms. Final diagnosis Epigastric Abdominal Pain. Would I use 090.9 Complication of the puerperium, Unspecified and R10.13 Epigastric pain. Or would it just R10.13 Epigastric pain along with 24 modifier.
My other question are we always need to use an O code for the post-partum period ?
I'm new at coding OB triage, I don't usually get a lot of post-partum encounters.
Thank you in advance!