Q&A V70.0 vs. V72.3x

[Sharla S]

When pt presents for annual physical and has GYN components to the exam, which ICD-9 would be used as primary dx V70.0 or V72.3x? There is conflicting information out there on this subject, it seems some folks use both codes with V70.0 as primary and some only use V72.3x.

 

[Ruth Sheets]

This was covered in the May 2013 Q&A Webinar. Here is a blog post on this topic:
https://www.cco.us/coding-for-physicals-video/