tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2017 Issue 11

Reader Question: Know How to Code Undiagnosed "Pain"

Question: A patient presented to our ED with abdominal pain, but after a thorough exam, the physician documented the symptoms without a specific diagnosis. By the end of the visit, the patient felt better and left the ED. Which diagnosis code can we use? Supercoder.com Subscriber Answer: As soon as your physician notes symptoms of abdominal pain without pinpointing a specific disease, you know that it's time to open your ICD-10-CM and turn to Chapter 18, "Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified." Here, as the note at the beginning of the chapter...

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