Internal Medicine Coding Alert
Ask Your Physician for More Hepatitis Info
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Question: If a patient once had hepatitis but is now free of the disease, should we still consider the person a carrier? Which ICD-9 code should we use? Answer: The correct code you should choose depends on which type of hepatitis the patient had and whether the physician identified that the patient was a carrier. In situations like this one, you should obtain more detailed information from the physician so you can select the appropriate code.
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If the physician does suspect that the patient carries the disease, then you or the physician should select from four V codes:
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