tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2022 Issue Q2

Diagnosis Coding: Go Beyond R10.- for Abdominal Pain Coding

From symptoms and age to severity, you need multiple data points to choose a diagnosis. When a patient presents to the ED with abdominal or pelvic pain, one of the more obvious diagnosis code groups is R10.- (Abdominal and pelvic pain). However, to choose the right code in this category, you’ll need to know a few key details. One of the best ways to zero in on the most specific code choice for such a general condition is to ask these four questions: Is it a symptom? What is the patient’s age?  Where is the...

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