If a patient develops an abscess at the surgical site (hernia repair) 2 weeks post-op, and the surgeon admits the patient for IV antibiotics, can he bill the admit with modifier -24?
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Septicemia due to Pseudomonas with septic shock
1. A48.8, R65.21
2. B96.5, R65.21
It seems that the correct answer should be the second one because here Pseudomonas is the CAUSE OF DISEASE CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE which in this case is septicemia, but in a prominent coding book they chose the first one as the correct answer. Any idea what the rational is in this case?
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