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Get Ready to Reprogram Your Z79.899 Coding Brain

by Kristi Pollard | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized

We all have those codes that we’ve memorized – the ones that we assign on autopilot when we read certain documentation. For many coders, that code is Z79.899, Other long term (current) drug therapy. It is the catchall code when the patient is or has taken a medication...

Using Default Codes: You’re Not Diagnosing the Patient

by Kristi Pollard | Jun 6, 2022 | Uncategorized

Have you ever wondered about the default codes guideline for ICD-10-CM? Guideline I.A.18. states: A code listed next to a main term in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index is referred to as a default code. The default code represents that condition that is most commonly...

Six Steps for Successful Angioplasty Coding in ICD-10-PCS

by Kristi Pollard | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized

Angioplasty is a relatively simple procedure in concept: insert a balloon into an occluded artery, expand it, and the result (hopefully), is a patent vessel. The ICD-10-PCS codes for angioplasty are not so simple. Since PCS codes have seven characters, there are...

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