tci E/M Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q4

Specialty Spotlight: Discover How to Capture Severity in These Pediatric Pulmonology Scenarios

Hint: You may need to append a modifier. Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EB) and exercise-induced asthma cases may be popping into your office now that school has started and fall sports are in full swing. Keep your coding skills sharp with this expert advice. Start Your Coding With an ICD-10-CM Code Exercise-induced asthma is a condition where the airways in the lungs narrow when triggered by strenuous exercise. The patient may suffer from wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and other symptoms during or after exercising (URL: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4174-exercise-induced-asthma). You will use code J45.990 (Exercise induced bronchospasm) to report the...

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