ICD-9 code 692 for Contact dermatitis and other eczema is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -OTHER INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OF SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE (690-698).
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I am taking the exam 12/3/16 for the second time. Apparently there are NO study guides left for sale ANYWHERE. :( If someone has one I could borrow or buy please contact me by text 970.692.1044.
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[b]Non-absorbable sutures[/b]
[QUOTE="mitchellde, post: 383594, member: 30657"]I believe the T85.692- code is incorrect. These are not permanent sutures. Even if the patient failed to return to hav... [ Read More ]
I believe the T85.692- code is incorrect. These are not permanent sutures. Even if the patient failed to return to have them removed, the intent of the provider was not they would remain, the intent... [ Read More ]
[b]this is what I come up[/b]
try using T85.692A - Other mechanical complication of permanent sutures, initial encounter
suture, permanent (wire) NEC T85.9
-with repair of bone - see Complication, f... [ Read More ]
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I know medicare care doesn't cover skin cancer screening but would they pay if I ... [ Read More ]
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I have tried to call the number that I was given by AAPC to try and find out information on meetings and anything else that I should know or do.
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I disagree about requiring a path report. If the doctor made a clinical diagnosis that this is a benign lesion, then it's a benign lesion.
The problem I see is that 692.72 is NOT a benign lesion; it ... [ Read More ]
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Check your ICD 9 692.72. Your CPT is excision. Did you have pathology result? , Neoplasm, hemangioma, lipoma , are some of the matched payable codes
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