tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 12

ONCOLOGY: Settle On 285.22 For Accurate Anemia Coding

Find out why you must pay attention to the chronic conditionNew anemia coding guidelines have been in effect for three months now. Here's the scoop on correctly coding anemia as primary and secondary diagnoses.You should report 285.22 (Anemia in neoplastic disease) as the principal diagnosis when a patient presents with anemia associated with a malignancy and is only treated for the anemia. Report the malignancy as a secondary diagnosis, according to "Chapter 2: Neoplasms (140-239)" of the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.Reason: When you report 285.22 (or any code from the 285 subcategory)...

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