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Hello all,
I'd love your input. I'm coding pediatric physician inpt visits. When a patient comes in for an appendectomy, after the appendix is removed but the patient is still inpt for postop, what do you use as the primary dx?
I had been taught to use appendicitis (540.0) for the duration of the stay- even though there is no appendix to speak of- it's the reason for admission and why the patient is there. My docs aren't doing the surgery- so it wouldn't be the V code for postop visit.
My auditor is saying we can't use that but need a different code. I'm trying to find some sort of guideline on it. Does anyone else do it this way? Am I wrong?
Please help!
I'd love your input. I'm coding pediatric physician inpt visits. When a patient comes in for an appendectomy, after the appendix is removed but the patient is still inpt for postop, what do you use as the primary dx?
I had been taught to use appendicitis (540.0) for the duration of the stay- even though there is no appendix to speak of- it's the reason for admission and why the patient is there. My docs aren't doing the surgery- so it wouldn't be the V code for postop visit.
My auditor is saying we can't use that but need a different code. I'm trying to find some sort of guideline on it. Does anyone else do it this way? Am I wrong?
Please help!