Hard To Get Code

Question 0

Diabetes Mellitus with ketoacidosis type 1

Answer 0

250.13

Question 1

Diabetes Mellitus with ketoacidosis type 2

Answer 1

250.12

Question 2

Diabetes Mellitus with ketoacidosis

Answer 2

250.13

Question 3

It is always coded as type 1 if not stated type 2 and it is always uncontrolled

Answer 3

Diabetes Mellitus with ketoacidosis, more common in type 1

Question 4

Diabetes Mellitus with hyperglycemia

Answer 4

250.00

Question 5

Diabetes with polydipsia (excessive thirst) and polyuria (excessive urination) both are symptoms of diabetes, it is part of diabetes

Answer 5

250.00

Question 6

Diabetes Mellitus with osteomyelitis of foot (3 codes)

Answer 6

250.80 731.8 730.27

Question 7

Diabetes Mellitus with peripheral vascular disease

Answer 7

250.70 443.81

Question 8

Secondary Diabetes Do not use 249.xx secondary unless you see the word secondary

Answer 8

249.xx

Question 9

Diabetes Mellitus chemical ,Uncontrolled

Answer 9

249.01 The 5th digit of 249.xx is only 0 or 1

Question 10

Diabetes Mellitus latent

Answer 10

249.01

Question 11

Diabetes Mellitus steroid induced - see secondary

Answer 11

249.00

Question 12

Diabetes Mellitus steroid induced

Answer 12

249.00

Question 13

Overdose

Answer 13

962.0 only

Question 14

Diabetes Mellitus with peripheral neuropathy, peripheral neuropathy is different from autonomic peripheral neuropathy ,see neuropathy -peripheral - there is no listing for diabetes so see polyneuropathy in diabetes

Answer 14

250.60 357.2

Question 15

Diabetes, diabetic (brittle)(congenital )(familial)(Mellitus)(severe)(slight)(without complication)

Answer 15

250.00

Question 16

Diabetes Mellitus with triopathy

Answer 16

In triopathy there are 3 complication of diabetes (6codes)
Renal or Kidney - Nephropathy 250.40 583.81
Eye- Retinopathy 250.50 362.01
Nerve - Neuropathy 250.60 357.2

Question 17

Clogged Gastrostomy tube

Answer 17

V55.1

Question 18

End of life pacemaker (see fitting (of) cardiac pacemaker

Answer 18

V53.31

Question 19

Thrombosis of AV graft (arterio-venous graft) due to device -see complication due to device Renal dialysis

Answer 19

996.73

Question 20

Clotted AV graft- blood clot and thrombus mean the same

Answer 20

996.73

Question 21

Infected central venous, see infection due to or resulting from central venous catheter

Answer 21

999.31

Question 22

Infected Hickman catheter, see infection due to or resulting from device, implant, or graft,infection and inflammation due to any device, implant,or graft catheter Hickman

Answer 22

999.31

Question 23

Infected dialysis catheter
There is 2ways of coding this
If the dialysis catheter is a central catheter or central line code as-
Dialysis is central venous catheter so the code is same as central venous

Answer 23

999.31

Question 24

If the dialysis catheter is a picc(peripherally inserted catheter)code as See complication infection due to any device vascular (dialysis )

Answer 24

996.62

Question 25

Infected foley or indwelling urinary catheter see infection due to or resulting from device, implant or graft

Answer 25

996.64

Question 26

Sepsis ( generalized ) Code septicemia first, Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process without acute organ dysfunction

Answer 26

038. x | 995. 91

Question 27

Sepsis due to infected central venous catheter or Hickman catheter always code complication first.

Answer 27

999. 31 038. x 995. 91

Question 28

UTI due to infected Foley catheter or indwelling foley or urinary catheter Always code the complication first

Answer 28

996. 64 | 599. 0

Question 29

Osteoarthritis of the knee or knees | If osteoarthritis involves only one joint code as localized even if bilateral or both osteoarthritis

Answer 29

715.9

Question 30

Osteoarthrosis localized

Answer 30

715. 3x | 715. 36 lower leg

Question 31

Osteoarthritis of hip or both hips localized pelvic region and thigh (hips

Answer 31

715.35

Question 32

Osteoarthritis of hip and knee | Osteoarthritis multiple sites, specified as generalized

Answer 32

715.89

Question 33

Osteoarthritis generalized

Answer 33

715.09

Question 34

Osteoarthritis of the spine | See spondylosis

Answer 34

721.90

Question 35

Takedown of colostomy

Answer 35

V55