tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 4

ICD-10 Corner: Justify GI Surgeries With Accurate 'Abdominal Pain' Reporting

Document carefully to choose the right code. You wouldn’t expect appendicitis in a patient presenting with left-upper-quadrant (LUQ) pain, but you just might provide misleading diagnostic information if you don’t know how to accurately code the condition. Let us help you hone your abdominal-pain coding skills with our expert tips. Make sure you know the crucial features that drive the surgeon’s clinical decision making as well as your ICD-10 code choice, such a location, severity and extent of the pain. “Abdominal pain is found under chapter 18 of ICD-10, in category R10 (Abdominal and pelvic...

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