Wiki B95-97 Code needed with M86.x (Osteomyelitis)

[gbgentry@earthlink.net]

We're having a discussion in our office right now.
Some of the coders say that you have to include the B95-97 codes
for the infectious agent when coding Osteomyelitis because that's
what the book seems to say & we need to go back and ask the Doctor for it.
Others, however, say that you can ignore it (B-code) if the Doctor
hasn't mentioned anything in his initial report.

I'm certainly leaning one way but would like to hear what others
say / see if there's anything definitive out there about this.


Thanks.