chelton27
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Hi All, I have a doctor that is listing DVT prophylaxis as the diagnosis for the patient. The patient does not have a DVT, but is at risk for a DVT due to other circumstances. How would you code for this?
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Wiki DVT Prophylaxis Coding
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mitchellde
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There is no code to indicate the patient is at risk for a certain dx. There are Vcodes for encounters for prophylactic treatments. The only dx codes you could use would be the symptoms documented by the provider.
ICD-9 code for DVT Prophylaxis
May I ask how would you specifically code for DVT Prophylaxis?
May I ask how would you specifically code for DVT Prophylaxis?
I've been struggling with this question as well, documentation of a DVT, now on prophylaxis to avoid recurrence. Does that make it "Chronic DVT"?
mitchellde
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That would be a hx of DVT with the code for long term or current drug, such as Z79.51 for anti coagulant treatment.
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Hi, you'd actually add Z79.01(long term use of anticoagulant) if the patient is on Warifin
Hi, you'd actually add Z79.01(long term use of anticoagulant) if the patient is on Warifin