tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2019 Issue Q3

Reader Question: Stick to ICD-10-CM Index for Orbital Erosion of the Skull Diagnosis

Question: What diagnosis code would you report for orbital erosion? Alabama Subscriber Answer: Assuming the documentation elaborates that this is a case of orbital bone erosion, then the ICD-10-CM index should lead you directly to the correct code. Erosion ⇒ bone will lead you to “see Disorder, bone, density and structure, specified NEC.” There, Disorder ⇒ bone ⇒ density and structure ⇒ specified type NEC ⇒ skull will lead you to code M85.88 (Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, other site). The only tricky portion of this diagnosis is making sure that you know...

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