DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 10 (October)
ICD-10 Z-codes don’t mean you can’t bill preventive, problem services together
Question: I have read on a coders’ message board that under ICD-10, you can no longer bill a well visit if a patient presents with a complaint. They say the Z00.0 and the Z01 categories have a note that says, “Excludes 1: encounter for examination of sign or symptom — code to sign or symptom,” which means you cannot code a well visit and a symptomatic complaint on the same encounter. Is that right?
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