Combo Coding
Hypertension associated with diabetes
What is E11.59 and I15.2?
Per the Coding Clinic®, correct code capture is: E11.59, Type 2 diabetes mellitus with other circulatory complications AND I15.2, hypertension secondary to endocrine disorders.
Supraventricular tachycardia, unspecified
What is I47.10?
Code added 10/01/2023
PASUP
Physician Assistant under the supervision of an MD/DO.
The ______ is the largest organ of our body?
What is skin?
True or False? AKI will be coded to N179.
What is False?
AKI needs to be spelled out as it could be acute kidney injury or acute kidney insufficiency.
DM with senile nuclear sclerosis.
What is E11.36?
Resistant hypertension
What is I1A.0?
Code added 10/01/2023.
CNS
What is Clinical Nurse Specialist?
After _____ weeks and ____ day(s) of acute MI we can code I25.2 for Old Myocardial Infarction.
What is 4 weeks and 1 day?
True or False? Code F03.90, Unspecified dementia without behavioral disturbance, is coded for "major neurocognitive disorder", when the underlying condition is unknown or not further specified.
What is True?
Dementia is a progressive disease, also regularly referred to as major neurocognitive disorder.
Chronic Bronchitis with Asthma.
What is J44.9?
If the provider does link chronic bronchitis and asthma together, OR documents the bronchitis as asthmatic or obstructive, we would use code J44.9, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified. (See coding clinic below.)
Chronic migraine with aura, not intractable, without status migrainosus.
What is G43.E09 ?
Code added on 10/01/2023
DC
What is Doctor of Chiropractic?
The National Institute of Health (NIH) defines morbid obesity as being 100 pounds or more above the ideal body weight or having a BMI of 40 or greater; or having a BMI of __________ and one or more comorbid conditions.
What is 35 or greater?
True or False? To capture the full picture of severe sepsis, we need to capture three codes.
What is True?
Refer to Eunice's newsletter at SharePoint. 1. Code First - Sepsis (A41.9), 2. Use additional - we would code for the organ dysfunction or failure and 3. Code severe sepsis - R65.20.
DM with peripheral nerves disease
What is E1142?
Hypertensive Retinopathy, unspecified eye
What is H35.039 and I10?
Per the Coding Clinic®, hypertensive retinopathy without documentation of hypertension would be coded to H35.03-, Hypertensive Retinopathy AND I10, Essential (primary) hypertension.
CANP
What is Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner?
CKD G4A3 - Per Coding Clinic, the number following the G in this categorization represents _______.
What is the stage of the CKD?
True or False? We can assume a relationship between Diabetes and Optic Neuropathy.
What is False?
Per AHA Coding Clinic®, the answer is No. ICD-10 CM does not presume a causal relationship between optic neuropathy and diabetes.
DM with LOPS (Loss of protective sensation)
What is E11.40?
Parkinson's disease
What is G20.A1?
Code Added 10/01/2023
MBChB
What is Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery?
_____ code will be assigned, for a patient with chronic kidney disease requiring chronic dialysis.
What is N18.6, End stage renal disease?
True or False? To code Alcoholic neuropathy, 2 codes are required.
What is True?
Per Coding Clinic, two codes are required - G62.1, Alcoholic polyneuropathy and a code from category F10 may be captured. If the pattern of alcohol use is unknown (abuse or dependence), correct code capture is F10.988, Alcohol use, unspecified with other alcohol-induced disorder.