Jfraska
Contributor
Hey everyone,
I am a bit confused when it comes to coding some thyroid conditions.
An example: A note says "female with hypothyroidism secondary to Hashimoto's thyroiditis"
Our providers use some program that codes for them and we verify it, of course
He has this down
E06.3 for the Hashimotos
and
E03.9 for hypothyroidism
Obviously we want to code to the highest specificity as possible so I was thinking E03.8 is more appropriate and would be the only dx?
Or is there a better code or are there 2 codes required for this?
Thanks
I am a bit confused when it comes to coding some thyroid conditions.
An example: A note says "female with hypothyroidism secondary to Hashimoto's thyroiditis"
Our providers use some program that codes for them and we verify it, of course
He has this down
E06.3 for the Hashimotos
and
E03.9 for hypothyroidism
Obviously we want to code to the highest specificity as possible so I was thinking E03.8 is more appropriate and would be the only dx?
Or is there a better code or are there 2 codes required for this?
Thanks
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