Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert

You Be The Coder:

Code This Ulcer

Published on Tue Jan 27, 2009

PDF

Question: How do you code a pressure ulcer of the toe? Is it 707.09 (other site) or 707.00 (unspecified site)?

Vermont Subscriber

Answer: You should never have to code 707.00 (Pressure ulcer; unspecified site) in home care because you always know the site, says Lisa Selman-Holman, JD, BSN, RN, HCS-D, COS-C, consultant and principal of Selman-Holman & Associates in Denton, Texas. 707.09 (Pressure ulcer; other site) is the correct code for toe. Be sure that this ulcer on the toe is actually a pressure ulcer -- an ulcer in this location is more likely an arterial ulcer or a diabetic ulcer if the patient is diabetic.

Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert

OASIS:
New M0246 Instructions Confounds Coders -- Get the Bottom Line Here
Only list diagnoses included in the plan of care. The recent release of the Centers [...]

You Be The Coder:
Code This Ulcer
Question: How do you code a pressure ulcer of the toe? Is it 707.09 (other [...]

Case Study:
Nail Down When to Code Symptoms Vs. the Disease
Watch for surprises from new Attachment D If your agency is providing multiple aspects of [...]

Coding Quiz :
Test Your Hypertension Dx Coding to See if You're Assuming Too Much
Tip: Physician documentation is key. If you incorrectly dig into hypertension ICD-9 codes, you could [...]

Reader Questions:
OASIS and ICD-9 Guidance Don't Always Agree
Question: Your November issue includes the following: "Coding vs. OASIS: An ulcer covered by eschar [...]

Reader Questions:
Code Most Acute Condition First
Question: One of our patients came to us from the hospital with a pacemaker and [...]

Reader Questions:
Watch Your Sequencing with V57.X
Question: I've just re-located to a home care setting from a hospital outpatient therapy department [...]

Reader Questions:
Look to V57.1 for Therapy-Only
Question: We are caring for an elderly patient following her hospitalization for pneumonia. The pneumonia [...]

View All