HIV Guidelines
I know this is an old post, but I wanted to comment because we were having issues getting reimbursement with the V74.5 diagnosis code and I want to make sure others have a reference:
HIV Screening guidelines:
If a patient is being seen to determine his/her HIV status, use code V73.89, Screening for other specified viral disease. Use code V69.8, Other problems related to lifestyle, as a secondary code if an asymptomatic patient is in a known high risk group for HIV. Should a patient with signs or symptoms or illness, or a confirmed HIV related diagnosis be tested for HIV, code the signs and symptoms or the diagnosis. An additional counseling code V65.44 may be used if counseling is provided during the encounter for the test.