RE: re:Heart transplant question
This is one person's response to the question about whether chf, cardiomyopathy, etc would be coded after heart transplant. Only a person's opinion, I would have to look in book to figure it out for sure. As far as the Breast Cancer question, on this Home Care Coding site, people give completely different opinions.........some say code breast cancer after mastectomy, and some say don’t. Honestly, for hospice I would do just as you did and err on the side of coding it......not very helpful, sorry
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Ramirez [mailto:arramire@kdhcd.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 12:57 PM
To: HomeCareCoding-L
Subject: re:[homecarecoding-l] Heart transplant question
I would say it depends on the documentation, just as a kidney transplant patient can have ckd or esrd, it is not assumed, however if stated, it is coded.
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Ramirez [mailto:arramire@kdhcd.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 12:57 PM
To: HomeCareCoding-L
Subject: re:[homecarecoding-l] Heart transplant question
I would say it depends on the documentation, just as a kidney transplant patient can have ckd or esrd, it is not assumed, however if stated, it is coded.