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icd 10 for hypotension
Q: One of our patients came in for an anniversary analysis with diagnoses of hypertension and diabetes. A anniversary assay was done and the abiding altitude were managed.Under ICD-10 rules, is this appointment to be coded Z00.00(Annual with no abnormalities) back annihilation new was begin during the anniversary exam, or Z00.01 (Annual with abnormalities) back the accommodating has the abiding diseases?
A: Z00.00 (Encounter for accepted developed medical assay after aberrant findings) would be adapted back there are no new allegation at the visit. You should additionally bill the abiding abiding altitude (i.e., hypertension and diabetes) forth with the Z00.00.
Q: We accept a accommodating who bare a pre-op approval above-mentioned to a above surgery, and an EKG was ordered. The EKG showed that the accommodating has a adapted array annex block. What diagnoses do I use back I bill the EKG?
A: The guidelines accompaniment that:
• An bush or atomic problem/abnormality that is encountered in the action of assuming the antitoxin anesthetic appraisal and administration account and that does not crave added assignment and the achievement of the key apparatus of a problem-oriented E/M account should not be reported.
• If an aberancy is encountered or a preexisting botheration is addressed in the action of assuming this antitoxin anesthetic appraisal and administration service, and if the botheration or aberancy is cogent abundant to crave added assignment to accomplish the key apparatus of a problem-oriented E/M service, again the adapted Office/Outpatient cipher should additionally be reported. Modifier 25 should be added to the Office/Outpatient code.
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