HCPro, JustCoding Outpatient - 2016 Issue 40 (October)

Q&A: Should we report drugs when included in another code?

October 25th, 2016

Q. Since ICD-10-CM code O24.415 (gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs) has been added for 2017, do we need to add which specific drug is being used by the patient when reporting the code? 

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