tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2001 Issue 2

Reader Question: Gastritis With Hemorrhage

Question: Are gastritis and gastrointestinal bleeding in a final diagnosis coded individually or as gastritis with hemorrhage?Camille VillanuevaFort Myers, Fla.Answer: You would code gastritis with the fifth digit that represents with hemorrhage, ICD-9 code 535.01. You would use 535.00 for without hemorrhage.Sources for You Be the Coder and Reader Questions are Penny Lodes, CPC, independent coding consultant in Appleton, Wis.; Michael Granovsky, MD, chief financial officer of Greater Washington Emergency Physicians, a five-physician group staffing a 24,000-visit ED in Maryland.; Jan Loomis, director of coding and documentation at Team Health West in Pleasanton...

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