The Angel Of the South
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This has tripped me up before. Latest example from my practicode:
The rationale says it needed Z98.83, Filtering (vitreous) bleb after glaucoma surgery status. The rationale cites 2020 Coding Clinic, 3Q, Page 29. Without seeing that exact source, which I hadn't, how would I know from the codebook that a status Z code should go with the H59.89? More generally, how can I know there ought to be a post-surgery status Z code? Do I just have to go to Z98 and read through all the codes?
PROCEDURES: REVISION OF TRABECULECTOMY AND REPAIR OF BLEB LEAK RIGHT EYE.
POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: CHRONIC BLEB LEAK, RIGHT EYE.
The rationale says it needed Z98.83, Filtering (vitreous) bleb after glaucoma surgery status. The rationale cites 2020 Coding Clinic, 3Q, Page 29. Without seeing that exact source, which I hadn't, how would I know from the codebook that a status Z code should go with the H59.89? More generally, how can I know there ought to be a post-surgery status Z code? Do I just have to go to Z98 and read through all the codes?