Wiki False Positive

[TiffanyParks]

What ICD-9 would you use for this situation?

Pregnant woman is admitted to the hospital and the facility runs a HIV test. The first test comes back positive. They request the consult of an ID doctor who sees the patient and finds that the first test was a false positive and the second test shows negative. The ID doctor did consult but what ICD-9 would you use for false positive HIV?

Thanks!

 

[mitchellde]

What was the reason for the HIV test? If it was screening then use the V code for screening for other viral disease.

 

[Rtolosa]

I would use the screening code for the physician who did the consult V73.89 which is Screening for other specified viral disease. False findings are not coded.

 

[TiffanyParks]

Thanks!