tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 24

Foot Care: LOPS Versus Routine Foot Care?

Beware 180-day global period around LOPS codesSome practices are overusing the diagnosis of diabetic sensory neuropathy resulting in loss of protective sensation (LOPS) for their patients' feet, experts say. No more than 25 percent of your diabetic patients with foot problems should be classified as LOPS patients, says Richard Odom, a podiatrist and coder with Scott & White Hospital/Clinic at Texas A&M Health Science Center in Temple, Texas. While recent studies have shown that 41 percent of the diabetic population has LOPS as their primary foot risk factor, 13 percent of those patients also have peripheral vascular...

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