You Be the Coder:
Know How Linked Conditions Affect Mental Health Coding
Published on Wed Sep 14, 2022
Question: The physician diagnosed a teen patient with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder, but I’m confused about how to code that. Can I code them together? Florida subscriber Answer: This is tricky and will likely require you to query the physician to see whether they’ve determined a specific link between the two conditions. Per the AHA ICD-10-CM Coding Clinic (2021, Volume 8, Number 1), [...]