Reader Questions:
Check Sequencing Rules When Seeing HIV Patients
Published on Thu May 20, 2021
Question: Our gastroenterologist saw an HIV-positive patient for treatment of numerous chronic throat ulcers. What’s the rule on coding the condition before or after the HIV diagnosis? Also, should I code the patient as asymptomatic HIV status? Iowa Subscriber Answer: There are two important questions at play here. The first addresses the proper sequencing of the diagnosis codes for mouth [...]