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Understand the Diagnosis Code for Preprocedural Exam

Published on Wed Nov 17, 2021

Question: A patient who was scheduled for a gall bladder surgery presented for a pre-op evaluation. The physician listed the condition prompting the surgery as acute cholecystitis (K81.0) and the underlying medical condition as diabetes (such as E11.9, Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications). Our office manager says we should also use a “Z” code with the claim but we [...]
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