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Wiki History of Asthma

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Good morning,

I did not get any response from other thread . So, I am re-posting this one.

I would like to get some feed back from others.

Some coders in other facility code history of Asthma (V12.69) as secondary diagnosis for peds Emergency Room visits. Is it necessay/ Ok to code?

Patient came with cough , history of asthma and doctor documented final diagnosis is cough treated with Albuterol or sometimes URI with nebulizer etc.,

Thank you & Happy Thanks giving.
 
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I would say if the history is relevant to the ED visit it should be coded. In this case the patient presented at the ED with a cough which is associated with asthma and the physician mention use of Albuterol. Patient is at greater risk with a cough and a history of Asthma. If the physician had stated this was an episode of Asthma you would use one of the 493 codes.

Jim
 
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