age limit for child exam icd coding
Answer: You’re correct that you would typically use V20.2 (Health supervision of infant or child; routine infant or child health check) for a preventive medicine exam of a 17-year-old. In fact, the designation that appears in the ICD-9 manual next to V20.2 supports using the diagnosis code when the patient’s age is between 0 and 17 years. • Provider documents a medical history. – Background information about mom’s health. • A complete family history. – Health of the parents, their child ren, their brot hers, sisters, parents and grandparents. • Documented statement: – “I spent 45 minutes with parents describing fetal and maternal risks for a. mother with insulin-dependent diabetes, reviewed risks for infection, poor glucose control, and operative delivery; reviewed fetal anomaly risk. ildiincluding macrosomia, hl i d it bl ”hypoglycemia and respiratory problems.”. ICD-10-CM Coding Tip. Z00.121: Encounter for. routine child health examination. with abnormal findings. In an effort to aid Health Information Management Coding and Medical Billing Professionals with. ICD-10, the following training tip is provided with an educational intent. • Encounter for development testing of infant or child. • Health check for child under 29 days old (Z00.11-) • Health supervision of foundling or other healthy infant or child (Z76.1-Z76.2) • Newborn health examination (Z00.11-) Coding Clinic is the official resource and authority for ICD-10 coding rules and conventions. (defined in the next 2 sections), and then select the. appropriate code within the new or established code family. based on patient age. • Preventive medicine service codes are not time-based; therefore, time spent during the visit is not relevant in. selecting the appropriate preventive medicine services code. Codes Z01.10 (encounter for exam of ears and hearing without. abnormal findings) and Z01.118 (encounter for exam of ears. and hearing with other abnormal findings) are only reported. when a patient presents for an encounter specific to ears and. hearing and not for a routine well-child exam where a hearing. However, there is one. exception—you cannot report counseling codes (99401–. 99404) in addition to preventive medicine service codes. (99381–99385 and 99391–99395). • Counseling will vary with age and address such issues as. family dynamics, diet and exercise, sexual practices, injury. 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V20.2. Routine infant or child health check. Short description: Routin child health exam. ICD-9-CM V20.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V20.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. Routine infant or child health check. 1  Short description: Routin child health exam. 2  ICD-9-CM V20.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V20.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. Question: A 17-year-old patient comes in for a preventive medicine exam. We use CPT code 99394 and ICD-9 code V70.0. Code V20.2 seems more appropriate. What is the age determination for the code, which describes an “infant or child health check”?
0 and 17 years