kabishop
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We are having issues with routine exams. When a patient comes in for a yearly exam and has "routine" bloodwork, we are coding dx of v70.0, unless the patient has a history of related illness.
for example:if a patient has high cholesterol and has a "routine" lipid panel, we don't use the v70.0 because this is not a screening-as the patient has the dx. we use the v70.0 on the visit and other labs. We have patients that insist that the insurance is telling tham we should be coding the v70.0 even if that illness is already documented in their history. please advise as we are not going to code it just to please the patient, but we want to code it correctly.
for example:if a patient has high cholesterol and has a "routine" lipid panel, we don't use the v70.0 because this is not a screening-as the patient has the dx. we use the v70.0 on the visit and other labs. We have patients that insist that the insurance is telling tham we should be coding the v70.0 even if that illness is already documented in their history. please advise as we are not going to code it just to please the patient, but we want to code it correctly.
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