Wiki Flu-like symptoms

[pulmonarycoder24]

When a physician documents that a patient's dx is flu-like symptoms, what code(s) should be used?

 

[mitchellde]

You code the symptoms, if they are not listed, the provider will need to amend the document to include them.

 

[wickyq]

My doctors use influenza-like disease and I code 487.1. What would be the difference from this terminology and what pulmonarycoder24 gave?

 

[mitchellde]

influenza -like is not the same as influenza. You cannot assign a dx code for something the provider did not state. 487.1 is for influenza with respiratory manifestations , that is not what the provider documented

 

[kjohnson]

If you look under influenza-like disease, it directs you to 487.1

 

[pineapplelvr]

we use the 487.1 too, influenza-like codes out to linfluenza....it's one of the few