DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 10 (October)
ICD-10 tip of the week: Abnormal patient weight and body mass index
Whether you note the patient’s weight to trigger appropriate code selection for quality measure #128 (Body mass screening) or to support the use of modifier 22 (Increased procedural services), capturing diagnosis codes for patients who are under- or overweight can boost your coding accuracy. When you don’t know the reason for the patient’s abnormal weight, you’ll likely use one of the following codes.
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