tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2009 Issue 6

Reader Questions: Check Documentation For Malfunction Specifics

Question: I would like to know the correct coding for malfunctioning of a port-o-catheter. I have been using V58.81. I wanted to know if there was a better or more specific code. Washington Subscriber Answer: This is considered either a -complication- or -malfunction- of the device, but there are different types of complications. Check your physician's documentation and choose one of the following: - 996.1 -- Mechanical complications of other vascular device, implant, and graft - 996.62 -- Infection and inflammatory reaction due to vascular device, implant, and graft (requires an additional code to specify the...

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