Wiki coding "S/p..." in ICD- 9

[adebisihamilton]

I need some help in coding S/P for ICD-9. For example if the diagnosis has "S/P....." but is not listed in the alphabetic index, how do we code that Dx?
For example: S/p radiation; S/p fracture (hip).

 

[mitchellde]

S/P I am assuming meaning status post. So for a status post hip fx, I am assuming then a V54.x code for healing fx as for s/p radiation, if the patient is still undergoing chemo tx then it is the active cancer code if not and there is no evidence of disease then it is a V67 for follow up. There is is no one answer here, it just depends on the reason for the encounter.

 

[Jacoder]

In some cases you might be able to use a history code.

 

[adebisihamilton]

thanks ladies