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CHAPTER 9. ICD-9-CM OUTPATIENT CODING AND REPORTING GUIDELINES. Section IV. Diagnostic Coding. Physician’s office Hospital-based outpatient services Part of Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Section IV. Section IV. Diagnostic Coding.
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CHAPTER 9 ICD-9-CM OUTPATIENT CODING AND REPORTING GUIDELINES
Section IV. Diagnostic Coding • Physician’s office • Hospital-based outpatient services • Part of Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Section IV
Section IV. Diagnostic Coding • Guidelines do not address specific sequencing or diseases as inpatient do • Though not stated, if there is no outpatient guideline, follow inpatient guidelines
Diagnostic Coding Guideline A • Term first-listed diagnosis, rather than principal diagnosis • Outpatient Surgery: Reason for surgery • Even if surgery is canceled due to contraindication
Diagnostic Coding Guideline A • Observation Stay: Medical condition that occasioned admission • Assign a code from medical condition • Observation Stay: Complications from outpatient surgery lead to observation report: • Reason for surgery as first reported diagnosis • Codes for complications necessitating observation
Selection of First-Listed Diagnosis • Condition for encounter • Why patient presented, not necessarily most serious condition noted • Documented • Chiefly responsible for services provided • Also list co-existing conditions
Diagnosis and Services • Diagnosis and procedure MUST correlate • Medical necessity must be established through documentation • No correlation = No reimbursement
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions • Can be the first-listed diagnosis if no more specific diagnosis available • Diagnoses often are not established at the time of the initial encounter/visit
Diagnostic Coding Guideline B • Use codes 001.0 through V91.99 to code: • Diagnosis • Symptoms • Conditions • Problems • Complaints • Or other reason(s) for visit
Diagnostic Guideline C • Documentation should describe patient's condition, using terminology that includes: • Specific diagnoses • Symptoms • Problems • Reasons for encounter
Diagnostic Guideline D • Selection of codes 001.0 through 999.9 (Chapters 1-17) frequently used to describe reason for encounter
Diagnostic Guideline E • Codes that describe symptoms and signs, as opposed to diagnoses, acceptable for reporting purposes when • An established diagnosis has NOT been determined by physician
Diagnostic Guideline F • V codes deal with encounters for circumstances other than disease or injury • Example: Well-baby checkup • See Section I.C.18. for information onV codes
Section I.C.18. Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Service • V01-V91 • Assigned as first-listed diagnosis for: • Admissions for evaluation • Following an accident that would ordinarily result in health problem, BUT there is none • Car accident, driver hits head, no apparent injury, admit to R/O head trauma • Never a secondary diagnosis
V Codes • Located after 999.9 in Tabular • Two digits before decimal (e.g., V10.1X) • Index for V codes is Alphabetic Index to Diseases • Main terms: • Contraception • Counseling • Dialysis • Status • Examination
Uses of V Codes • Not sick BUT receives health care (e.g., vaccination) • Services for known/resolving disease/injury (e.g., chemotherapy) • Codes for “aftercare” (e.g., surgery or fracture) • Indicate birth status/outcome of delivery (Cont’d…)
Uses of V Codes (…Cont’d) • A circumstance/problem that influences patient’s health BUT NOT current illness/injury • Example: Organ transplant status • Example: Birth status and outcome of delivery (newborn) • Section I.C.18.e. of Guidelines contains the V Code Table • Identifies if V code can be listed as first, first/additional, additional only
History V Code Categories in Tabular • V10 Personal history of malignant neoplasm • V11 Personal history of mental illness • V12 Personal history of certain other diseases • V13 Personal history of other diseases • V14 Personal history of allergy to medicinal agents • V15 Other personal history presenting hazards to health • V16 Family history of malignant neoplasm • V17 Family history of certain chronic disabling diseases • V18 Family history of certain other specific diseases • V19 Family history of other conditions Condition no longer present or treated
Diagnostic Guideline G • Codes have either 3, 4, or 5 digits • 4 and/or 5 digit codes provide greater specificity (detail) (Cont’d…)
Diagnostic Guideline G (…Cont’d) • 3-digit code used ONLY if no 4 or 5 digit • Where 4 and/or 5 digits provided, must be assigned • Diagnoses NOT coded to full digits available invalid • Claims bounce!
Diagnostic Guideline H • List first code for diagnosis, condition, problem, or other reason for encounter/visit shown in medical record to be chiefly responsible for services provided • List additional codes that describe any coexisting conditions • Assign V72.5 and V72.6X for routine lab/radiology test ordered without signs, symptoms, or associated diagnosis
Diagnostic Guideline I • Do NOT code diagnoses documented as probable, suspected, questionable, rule out, or working diagnoses • Rather, code condition(s) to suspected highest degree of certainty for that encounter/visit, such as symptoms, signs, abnormal test results, or other reason for visit
Diagnostic Guideline J • Chronic diseases treated on an ongoing basis may be coded and reported as many times as patient receives treatment and care for condition(s)
Diagnostic Guideline K • Code all documented conditions that coexist at time of visit, that require or affect patient care, treatment, or management • Do NOT code conditions previously treated, no longer existing (Cont’d…)
Diagnostic Guideline K (…Cont’d) • “History of” codes (V10-V19) may be used as secondary codes if: • Impacts current care or treatment
Special Note About “History of” • Index to Disease, MAIN term “History” • Entries between “family” and “visual loss V19.0” = “family history of” (FHO) • Entries before “family” and after “visual loss” = “personal history of” (PHO) • Personal history = V10-V15 • Family history = V16-V19
Diagnostic Guidelines L and M • For patients receiving diagnostic services ONLY • Sequence first • Diagnosis • Condition • Problem OR • Other reason shown in medical record to be chiefly responsible for encounter (…Cont’d)
Diagnostic Guidelines L and M (…Cont’d) • Codes for other diagnoses (e.g., chronic conditions) • May be sequenced as secondary diagnoses • Exception: Therapeutic Services • Patients receiving chemotherapy (V58.11), radiation therapy (V58.0), or rehabilitation (V57.0-V57.9) • V code first diagnosis and problem for which service being performed second
Diagnostic Guideline N • For patients receiving preoperative evaluations ONLY • Code from category V72.8 (Other specified examinations) • Assign secondary code for reason for surgery • Code also any findings related to preoperative evaluation
Diagnostic Guideline O, Ambulatory Surgery • Code diagnosis which required ambulatory surgery • Pre- and post-op diagnosis different • Code the post-op diagnosis
Diagnostic Guideline P • Code routine prenatal visits with no complications: • V22.0 (Supervision of normal first pregnancy) • V22.1(Supervision of other normal pregnancy) • DO NOT use these codes with pregnancy complication codes (Chapter 11, ICD-9-CM)
V91 Multiple Gestation Placenta Status • New in 2011 • Identifies number of placentas and amniotic sacs for twins, triplets, quadruplets, other multiples
ConclusionCHAPTER 9 ICD-9-CM OUTPATIENT CODING AND REPORTING GUIDELINES