Wiki Z09 follow/up after comp tx help please!

[TLC]

Does anybody know. If a child comes in for a "otitis media" then comes back a couple weeks later. Just to follow up and make sure the infection is gone.Is it ok to use the ICD-10 code Z09 (enc for f/up after completed tx for cond other than malig neop). It also say's to use add code to identify any applicable hx of disease code (Z86-Z87) So would that be ok to use Z87.898 (prsnl hx of other specific condition). Thank you

 

[ethorsson@akpeds.com]

Z09

I am also wondering this as I have a similar coding situation.. Did you ever find out the answer to this?

 

[NeoCoder116]

No answers yet?

I too have the same quandary...why not just use the Z00.00 code (in the case of an adult) in place of the Z09 since it is a routine check-up? The Z09 is specific to follow up after treatment for conditions other than neoplasm, but then what differentiates this from an adult health check-up NOS?

 

[erjones147]

IMO, you would still code the OM for this visit. The provider didn't know it was resolved until after the exam

 

[mitchellde]

Z09 is for a resolved condition that requires no further treatment. The guidelines state that it is inappropriate to code a condition thT does not currently exist.