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Heed ICD-10 Advice for St. Valentine’s Day

The month of February means love is in the air. Unfortunately, it also means that afflictions unique to Valentine’s Day may occur. Be prepared for Feb. 14 by troubleshooting Valentine’s Day-related mishaps that may call for ICD-10-CM coding in your healthcare organization. Exercise Caution when Giving Gifts When shopping for your sweetheart, these two common […]

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ICD-10 Mutually Exclusive

We are receiving quite a few denials from Ohio Anthem BC/BS due to mutually exclusive codes BUT I’m not sure they are correct. E78.00 (pure hypercholesterolemia, unsp) and E29.1 (testicular hypofunction) is just one example. It seems since October this has been happening regularly. Just curious if other offices are seeing this too and how you are resolving the issue?

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Clarification for With/In ICD-10 guidelines

15. “With”
The word “with” or “in” should be interpreted to mean “associated with” or
“due to” when it appears in a code title, the Alphabetic Index (either under a
main term or subterm), or an instructional note in the Tabular List. The
classification presumes a causal relationship between the two conditions linked
by these terms in the Alphabetic Index or Tabular List. These conditions
should be coded as related even in the absence of provider documentation
explicitly linking them, unless the documentation clearly states the conditions
are unrelated [/B]or when another guideline exists that specifically requires a
documented linkage between two conditions (e.g., sepsis guideline for “acute
organ dysfunction that is not clearly associated with the sepsis”).

– I have a case, the patient has vitamin b12 deficiency, and dementia. Dr. does not document a causal relationship. However, in the alphabetic index of ICD-10 under term dementia, subterm "in", Vitamin B12 deficiency is listed. According to the above mentioned guideline, should i report E53.8, and F02.80?

Please Help, Thank You.

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Keep These ICD-10 Codes Handy for Holiday Mishaps

Besides being a time for giving and promoting peace on earth, December is the month of holiday preparation, gathering with loved ones, and celebrating. With so many festivities and too much holiday hustle and bustle, accidents happen. here are some ICD-10 codes you may see this season. Christmas Preparation Accidents These codes are useful if you fall while […]

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lateral/medial canthus ICD-10

With the new ICD-10 codes for 2019, we are now required to specify if a lesion is on the upper or lower eyelid. I code for a lot of mohs surgeries on the eyelid and some fall on the ‘lateral’ or ‘medial’ canthus. When asking the provider to specify if the lesion is on the upper or lower eyelid, they refuse, saying it is neither, it is the canthus. While I do understand what they are saying, I am having a hard time deciding which dx code to use for these situations. Would I use unspecified eyelid, code both upper and lower, or overlapping sites. I think overlapping sites seems like the most logical. Anyone with any additional information on this?

Thanks

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Wiki Icd-10 cm guideline & cpt

Hi Friends,

Can anyone help me in clearing my doubts.

1. Can i code diagnosis which has mentioned the term "versus".
Example: abdominal pain versus small bowel obstruction.

2. If the patient has encountered for wellness examination for the first time and he is established patient for the physician.
Can we code 99213(established patient office visit) along with 99385(new patient wellness) ?

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