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In the Table of Drugs and Chemicals, can you use a code for poisoning and code for therapeutic use for same visit? I have been told that those two codes do not go together, if it is therapeutic use and the patient was taking med correctly then it would be an adverse reaction, not a poisoning. However, I recently started teaching a class and the answer key is giving the poisoning code along with the therapeutic use code.

For example, patient was taking ibuprofen prescribed by physician according to directions. She was found to have a gastrointestinal bleed due to ibuprofen. Would this be coded with adverse reaction code, therapeutic use, or poisoning with therapeutic use?

I guess now I am second guessing my knowledge of adverse reaction versus poisoning. :)

Thanks for your help,
Hollie
 
If she was taking the drug correctly it is adverse reaction, if she took the drug incorrectly it is poisoning, never would you use the codes together. What codes specifically does the book give?
 
I would question the author of the book for sure, you would follow the coding guidelines, which say,
When coding adverse effect of drug code the effect first and the E code for adverse effect second.
When coding poisoning, code the poisoning by drug code first followed by the outcome of the poisoning.
So for your scenario code the bleed first and the E code for the adverse reaction second. I do not code the reason for taking the drug if it is not still being treated, and is not mentioned by the provider as being a issue at this encounter.
 
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