Sarah Ann
Networker
An outpatient comes in with a sore throat, they do a rapid strep- it's negative- the provider dx's viral pharyngitis. I have one acute uncomp. illness or even a minor problem. Tells patient to take tylenol. I get a level 2. The new table has nothing at all for OTC drugs.- They (AMA) explain why.
I'm seeing we can no longer call otc drugs anything from the table because an otc might be a moderate risk if they have a disease like ckd. The coder doesn't decide this, the provider documents in the MDM that because of the patient's ckd an otc is now a moderate risk. It's now a level 3. This is how I see it.
I'm seeing we can no longer call otc drugs anything from the table because an otc might be a moderate risk if they have a disease like ckd. The coder doesn't decide this, the provider documents in the MDM that because of the patient's ckd an otc is now a moderate risk. It's now a level 3. This is how I see it.