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Wiki Coding for Preop for Bariatric Surgery

Thread starter heartyoga
Start date May 6, 2020

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heartyoga

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May 6, 2020

I can't seem to find a code for bariatric surgery other than the Z code Z98.84.

I don't think its correct to use this as a preop Z01.810 and Z98.84. Can i use obesity code instead?

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