Q&A Pathology Question

[jane]

In my AAPC textbook it says, " Do not assign code 289.8x to report a patient on long-term use of anticoagulant therapy." What code would you report in this situation?

Thanks,
Jane

 

[Alicia Scott]

There is a v code used when a patient is on long term anticoagulant therapy. Can you find it?

 

[Carolyn Heath]

I found it! It is V58.61 long-term (current use of anticoagulants. I flipped through the V code section to find it.