Please provide your coding rationale as to the correct diagnosis and ICD-10 codes based your understanding on coding conventions and guidelines for an Ambulatory Surgery encounter:
Pre-op Diagnosis: PVD with claudication of right lower extremity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia
Post-op Diagnosis: Near total occlusion of right SFA
There is a question as to whether or not ICD-10 codes should be coded for the diagnoses for "hypertension" and "hyperlipidemia" since it was not mentioned by the provider in the POST-OP diagnosis.
There is a question as to whether or not "PVD with claudication of the right lower extremity" should be coded as it was not mentioned as a POST-OP diagnosis by the provider.
Thank you.
Pre-op Diagnosis: PVD with claudication of right lower extremity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia
Post-op Diagnosis: Near total occlusion of right SFA
There is a question as to whether or not ICD-10 codes should be coded for the diagnoses for "hypertension" and "hyperlipidemia" since it was not mentioned by the provider in the POST-OP diagnosis.
There is a question as to whether or not "PVD with claudication of the right lower extremity" should be coded as it was not mentioned as a POST-OP diagnosis by the provider.
Thank you.