[Solved]: Objective: Determine if the information given in the…

Objective: Determine if the information given in the chart is accurate for the diagnostic codes that are provided. (Blooms Level 5) As the coding manager at a facility in Tennessee, you receive accounts from the billing department with potential coding issues prior to billing. It is your job to investigate the account and ensure the proper codes have been assigned. Today, there is a medical necessity edit that has not been cleared concerning Epoetin administration. The codes assigned to this outpatient account are: I10 N18.6 D64.9 E10.9 T82.868A 1. Read the following information from this chart and determine what the coding error(s) is or are. 2. Identify if you will be able to clear the medical necessity edit based on the documentation. 3. Type a word file and name it: Accuracy of Diagnostic Coding _ your name, to submit your answers. Patient Name: Joe Smith MR#3654777 Acct. # 0000325414 DOS: 10/28/15 Discharge date: 10/29/15 Mr. Smith arrives today with thrombosis of his AV graft. He was unable to receive his dialysis treatment today and will undergo a thrombectomy procedure to restore graft function. He is a 54-year-old with hypertension and diabetes taken to the OR and prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. An incision was made permitting access to the graft. A graftotomy was done and Fogarty catheter inserted to pull back the thrombosis. After successful removal of the thrombosis, an injection was performed of the anastomotic area to ensure that the graft was functional. Incision into the graft was then closed, as was the access incision. Patient was taken to the recovery room in stable condition. He will be observed overnight, and receive his dialysis tomorrow prior to discharge. He is also to receive an injection of Epoetin for his anemia.