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Wiki dx help!

MsMaddy

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Need dx for status post lap band bariatric surgery.

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MsMaddy :)
 
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Hi MsMaddy
Lap banding codes to 43770 with placement of adjustable gastric device
Robin Ingalls-Fitzgerald CCS, CPC, FCS, CEMC, CEDC
 
the dx will be the obesity as documented by the physician along with the BMI V code as documented in the chart, the BMI must match the level of obesity as documented by the physician.
 
S/p Baritric surgery status

How about V45.86 Baritric surgery status as a secondary code, you will need a primary diagnosis obesity, if the patient in still considered obese.

Carla Elsberry, CPC, CEMC:D
 
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