tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q2

ICD-10-CM: Don’t Let Numerous Codes Be a Pain in the Gut

Learn to distinguish 27 abdominal pain code choices. When you face an office or op note with mention of abdominal pain, having some anatomical and clinical knowledge can go a long way to choosing the correct R10.- code Consider the following five tips to help you quickly focus your diagnosis coding when reporting cases that hinge on abdominal pain. Hint: Always code from the final pathological diagnosis when that’s available to you at the time you’re reporting a surgical case. Use these signs and symptoms codes only if a more specific diagnosis is not available when...

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