Diabetic Complications: 250.00 Alone Won’t Cut It for Diabetic Patients With Ophthalmic Manifestations

Hint: Make sure to code the specific diabetic Dx your ophthalmologist is providing care for.

If you're feeling hesitant about filing claims for patients with ophthalmic complications from diabetes, arm yourself with diagnosis basics and an understanding of manifestations to sail through diabetic patient coding.

1. Master Decimal Places for Dx

One of the most common mistakes coders make when filling a claim on a diabetic patient is reporting 250.00 (Diabetes mellitus without mention of complication) for the diagnosis. Code 250.00 alone generally is not sufficient to indicate the diagnosis of patients with diabetes. Instead, you must specify the exact type of diabetes [...]

- Published on 2012-01-09