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Hello friends, I am having a struggle with the MDM on a sore throat, and I am seeing this increasingly on documentation, and even my providers are divided on this subject. A patient comes in, diagnosed with sore throat, are basically told it will run its course, rest and salt water gargles are...
Has anyone had any issues with ordering cpt 87430 with J02.9 sore throat as a diagnosis? As of 10.1.16, since our ICD 10 update, our computer system is not allowing 87430 to be ordered for this dx. Does anyone know if there has been a change for this?
Thanks in advance,
Mariann Dalton