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[jwschroeterjr@gmail.com]

How do you code for recurrent diseases or conditions if there is no code for the recurrent disease? I'm coding for outpatient.

 

[btadlock1]

What is the condition?

 

[jwschroeterjr@gmail.com]

Recurrent otitis media, but how do you code recurrent diseases or conditions in general if there is no code for recurrent?

 

[mitchellde]

Each new onset of this condition is exactly that a new onset. So it is treated as a new dx.

 

[btadlock1]

This article is from 2009, so you may want to check to make sure the actual code #'s are still valid, but I imagine its probably still applicable, and might be helpful in some way...Seemed pretty informative...

http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/ftr_0206006p47.shtml

 

[btadlock1]

Fun fact on this topic...

There will be an ICD-10 code to specify recurrence (actually, several, depending on the conditions)...Check this page out to see what you'd be working with 3 years from now...it's pretty cool!

http://icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/H60-H95/H65-H75/H65-

 

[jwschroeterjr@gmail.com]

Thank you for all your help.