seroma

dreadrewdreadrew
in Home Care Coding General
Can someone please give me direction on how to look up a post op seroma... I seem to come with hematomas only..

I think complications are difficult to look up... Any webinars coming up on complication coding?

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  • Nancy.Wolverton@kindred.comNancy.Wolverton@kindred.com
    edited April 2017
    Where is the seroma and is it associated with a procedure like post-op?

    Nancy Wolverton RN,CCM
    QR Specialist, Central Office
    5800 West 10th St., Suite 300
    Little Rock, AR. 72205
    Ph# 501-280-4913
    Fax# 501-280-4385
    Nancy.Wolverton@arkansas.gov
  • dreadrewdreadrew
    groin... due to endarterectomy
  • Nancy.Wolverton@kindred.comNancy.Wolverton@kindred.com
    edited April 2017
    Look in the I97 codes.
    And yes, seroma codes to hematoma and I do not know why as these are two separate and distinct issues with a wound or injury.

    Nancy Wolverton RN,CCM
    QR Specialist, Central Office
    5800 West 10th St., Suite 300
    Little Rock, AR. 72205
    Ph# 501-280-4913
    Fax# 501-280-4385
    Nancy.Wolverton@arkansas.gov
  • dreadrewdreadrew
    ok, good! I thought I was going crazy!


    thanks so much
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