Carroll1220
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Good afternoon!
If a patient has Diabetes but also has PAD but the doctor does not specifically state a correlation between the two, would you still code the diabetes as 250.7 and the PAD as 444.81? Or would he have to state that the diabetes was the cause for the PAD?
Thank you!
Noelle
If a patient has Diabetes but also has PAD but the doctor does not specifically state a correlation between the two, would you still code the diabetes as 250.7 and the PAD as 444.81? Or would he have to state that the diabetes was the cause for the PAD?
Thank you!
Noelle