Wiki using V65.5 ICD-9 code

[Code-M]

Can anyone shed some light on this code? Patient came in with child worried about pink eye. physician found nothing wrong and used v65.5 as primary code. This cannot be a primary code however, would it be wrong to code the pink eye with v65.5 as secondary even though there was no pink eye. Child was fine.
Thank you.

 

[Evelyn Kim]

You would never want to code a condition that does not exist, try coding the signs and symptoms that led the mother to bring the child in, such as irritation, redness, etc.

Hope this helps.