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Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert

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How Far Back Should History Go?

Published on Tue Sep 21, 2021

Question: Our eye care physician documented that a patient had “childhood measles 10 years ago.” How should I document this? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: In this particular situation, ICD-10 guideline IV.J tells you that you should “not code conditions that were previously treated and no longer exist.” But the guideline also goes on to tell you that “history codes (categories Z80- [...]
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