tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2002 Issue 2
You Be the Coder: Using V Codes
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer. Question: On occasion, we see patients in our emergency department for unusual reasons. For instance, we may need to verify an individual's gender so a mistake on his driver's license can be corrected or because he was exposed to blood at an accident scene without being injured. Shall we assign some type of symptom diagnosis code, or should we use the ICD-9 V codes? Answer: When a patient is asymptomatic, an ED coder must usually rely on the...
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