AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1990 First Quarter

Diagnostic Coding for Hospital-Based Outpatient Services

The Central Office on ICD-9-CM serves as the official clearinghouse for ICD-9-CM. The following questions and answers are provided to assist readers in assigning diagnosis codes for hospital-based outpatient services. Certain payers may require additional procedure codes to be reported using the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT-4) or the Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Classification System (HCPCS). Suspected glaucoma - outpatient Nasal congestion, fever, nonproductive cough - outpatient Autologous blood donor with syncope Shortness of breath - Emergency Room Headache w/possible concussion - ER visit OB patient - outpatient dept for non-stress test Outpatient x-ray following...

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