Wiki gastrointestinal coding

[adamzach]

what diagnosis would you use for globus sensation

 

[bridgettemartin]

ICD-9 directs you to use 306.4 for globus. We queried our provider, as we were reluctant to use a code from the Mental/behavioral category as a primary dx for an EGD. After much discussion we felt the patient was better served by using 784.99 - feeling of foreign body in throat. We educated our providers to use that terminology, and try to avoid using the word "globus", unless they felt globus was more appropriate.