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[Gemini18]

I am trying to code a chart with dx of:

COPD/B.Asthma exacerbation.

I am using 493.22, is this correct? On of my co-workers suggest that I do it like this:

496
493.92
490

I don't agree.

Anyone.........

Karen

 

[rthames052006]

I am trying to code a chart with dx of:

COPD/B.Asthma exacerbation.

I am using 493.22, is this correct? On of my co-workers suggest that I do it like this:

496
493.92
490

I don't agree.

Anyone.........

Karen

Karen,

Your using the correct code, just out of curiousity... ask your coworker why you'd code it the way he/she has stated.

 

[magnolia1]

I think it should be 493.92 only.....

 

[Lisa Bledsoe]

493.22 is correct - the description of this code includes all of the other codes...

 

[magnolia1]

Oops!

Yes, 493.22 is correct.

 

[MCHUBB]

I agre 493.22.... this represents all together and does not require anything additional.

Mindy
Ed Coding Supervisor

 

[Gemini18]

THANKS ALL -

I knew I was right and should have not second guessed myself. Thanks Lisa & MCHUBB, I said the same thing you said - it represents all. Roxanne - I told her she was basically coding the same thing over again, but I got that face, like don't tell me..........

But anyway, thanks again GUYS! I always learn alot from you.