sorry - I am coding for the physician.
The patient's status did not change, other than the drug was stopped.
I will re-word my scenario:
The patient was admitted to the hospital for the sole purpose of chemotherapy, recieved chemo on days 1-5 of the admission, on day 6 it states: chemo stopped. The patient stayed in the hospital for a couple more days, possibly to monitor the effects of chemo, to control nausea, etc.
So the admission was for chemotherapy; I feel comfortable using the v58.11 as primary followed by the cancer code for days 1-5 at least, but the specific encounters on days 7, 8, 9 the pt did not have chemo administered. Yet the pt wouldn't have been in the hospital on days 7, 8, 9 if not for the admission for chemo, so by that argument I should still use v-code as primary.
clear as mud?
thanks for your help!