HYPERGLYCEMIA
HOW WOULD YOU CODE A DIABETIC WHO PRESENT TO THE ER WITH HYPERGLYCEMIA WITHOUT KETOACIDSIS??
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What type? Type I or Type II?With or Without Coma?What else besides hyperglycemia?There are tons of diabetes codes
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Hyperglycemia is inherent in diabetes...just code the type of diabetes that they have with the appropriate 5th digit. Do not assume it is out of control unless otherwise stated.Shannon
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Why would you present to the ER with diagnosed, controlled, no problem go to heck diabetes? It sounds as if a complication has occurred (transient or not). barbara
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The patient may have had a higher blood sugar than normal for their baseline...felt the symptoms of it and went in. The doctor didn't state that the diabetes was out of control or complicated, so...
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From what we have been told so far, there were no other symptoms, just plain old Type II, non-insulin dependant, adult onset, controlled
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let me explain more....on a recent audit, I was told if a patient present with high blood sugar & the doctor documents that they are diabetic,signs & symptoms might be headache or/and...
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Now it becomes more clear.These are the coding guidelines for outpatient care from the ICD-9 manual:"For patients receiving diagnostic services only during an encounter/visit, sequence first the...
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