Coumadin PT/INR

[sawhitt]

When we have a patient come in for a PT/INR and the physician sees them discusses the dosage and makes changes to the medication how should that be billed?

Thanks,

Susan Whitt, RN PA

 

[LTibbetts]

I think it would depend what the medication is being prescribed for (i.e., afib, coumadin therapy, DVT,etc), and most likely, you would code the reason the patient is on the medication in the first place. Unless, of course, the doc documents something else specifically.

 

[Tonyj]

When we have a patient come in for a PT/INR and the physician sees them discusses the dosage and makes changes to the medication how should that be billed?

Thanks,

Susan Whitt, RN PA

How about V58.83 and V58.61 along with the reason the pt is on the medication.

 

[Jacoder]

There was a really good artical about this in the Coding Edge a good while back. It stated that the first dx is V58.83, then the reason they are on coumadin, (such as afib: 427.31), and then the V58.61.

 

[Shay2025]

So would you use 85610 for the blood draw for the INR for coumadin dosaging?