Wiki Medial meniscus tears

[donnagullikson]

I'm billing for the radiologist for an MRI knee and the diagnosis given is medial and lateral meniscal tears. The report doesn't say anything about an injury so I don't think I can use the diagnosis codes S83.241A? Correct? The report must state injury or current injury to use these diagnosis codes. If that's the case do I use derangement codes instead?

Thanks,

 

[krystle8402]

I'm billing for the radiologist for an MRI knee and the diagnosis given is medial and lateral meniscal tears. The report doesn't say anything about an injury so I don't think I can use the diagnosis codes S83.241A? Correct? The report must state injury or current injury to use these diagnosis codes. If that's the case do I use derangement codes instead?

Thanks,

I've been coding a lot of these lately, and have been using the derangement codes.