tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2018 Issue 2

Reader Question: Differentiate Viral Pinkeye From Allergic

Question: We saw a patient with pinkeye related to a specific virus, and we've never seen this before. Which diagnosis code should we report? Supercoder.com Subscriber Answer: Generally speaking, conjunctivitis has two distinct etiologies: it is either viral, or it is caused by allergies. What's confusingfor coders, however, is that some forms are found among the infectious and parasitic diseases in Chapter 1 of the ICD-10-CM, while others are found among the diseases of the eye in Chapter 7. There's even one form of viral conjunctivitis caused by the gonococcus bacterium that affects neonates and is classified as...

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