tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2018 Issue 3

ICD-10: Capture Underlying HIV Condition for Surgical Report

Alert payers to possible complications. When your surgeon performs a procedure on a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or full-blown acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), you need to know how to report and sequence the condition. Reporting HIV/AIDS requires detailed documentation and knowing how to use a complex set of ICD-10 options. Your diagnosis coding may impact your pay based on medical necessity and quality measures, and it can certainly impact the patient's medical record in ways that can have serious implications. All the more reason, then, for you to sharpen your coding skills by answering the following...

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