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Coding questions, answered against the source.
Real questions from risk-adjustment work, each answered against the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, CMS and compliant query practice.
Does quetiapine mean I can code depression with psychotic features?
An antipsychotic on the medication list does not document psychotic features. As written, this note codes to F32.2 with no query. Why, and when a query would be warranted.
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Does quetiapine mean I can code depression with psychotic features?
An antipsychotic on the medication list does not document psychotic features. As written, this note codes to F32.2 with no query. Why, and when a query would be warranted.
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Can I take the CKD stage from the eGFR?
The chronic kidney disease stage comes from the provider's documentation, not the lab value. A worked example with stage 3a and hypertension, and what to do when no stage is written.
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Can a healed amputation support diabetes with peripheral angiopathy?
A healed below-knee amputation in a patient with type 2 diabetes does not, on its own, support E11.51. What it does support, and the query that asks the right question.
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