HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2019 Issue 18 (April)

Reporting lower-extremity PAD in ICD-10-PCS

April 30th, 2019

Adriane Martin, DO, FACOS, CCDS, writes that treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is variable and includes both medical and surgical therapy. Given the frequency of this condition, it is imperative that inpatient coding professionals have a clear understanding of the surgical treatment of PAD to avoid costly ICD-10-PCS errors.

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