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Kristen Bensel's latest activity
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KKristen Bensel reacted to Bernadette10's post in the thread Wiki Obesity coding for patients being treated with GLP-1 meds with
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I think a diagnosis of obesity or morbid obesity still has to be stated in order to code it. However, this leads to another question. If obesity is stated in the HPI, ROS, or exam only, but the plan shows it's being treated in some way, can it... -
KIs it possible the person doesn't know that there are different codes for 3a and 3b? I'm only saying this because I've been seeing things in another coder message board (not AAPC!) where the person supervising the coders isn't a coder. Or maybe...
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KKristen Bensel replied to the thread Wiki Class (II, III) Obesity with comorbidity - How many codes to use?.I have a different kind of question about these new codes. One of my providers asked me about this type of scenario: The patient was seen for weight loss and during the initial visit, they were in class 2 obesity. Now that they have been using...