ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting - Office of ...
ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting - Office of ...
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V58.43 Aftercare, surgery, trauma<br />
V58.44 Aftercare involving organ transplant<br />
V58.49 Other specified aftercare following surgery<br />
V58.7x Aftercare following surgery<br />
V58.81 Fitting <strong>and</strong> adjustment <strong>of</strong> vascular catheter<br />
V58.82 Fitting <strong>and</strong> adjustment <strong>of</strong> non-vascular catheter<br />
V58.83 Monitoring therapeutic drug<br />
V58.89 Other specified aftercare<br />
8) Follow-up<br />
The follow-up codes are used to explain continuing<br />
surveillance following completed treatment <strong>of</strong> a disease,<br />
condition, or injury. They imply that the condition has been<br />
fully treated <strong>and</strong> no longer exists. They should not be confused<br />
with aftercare codes that explain current treatment <strong>for</strong> a healing<br />
condition or its sequelae. Follow-up codes may be used in<br />
conjunction with history codes to provide the full picture <strong>of</strong> the<br />
healed condition <strong>and</strong> its treatment. The follow-up code is<br />
sequenced first, followed by the history code.<br />
A follow-up code may be used to explain repeated visits.<br />
Should a condition be found to have recurred on the follow-up<br />
visit, then the diagnosis code should be used in place <strong>of</strong> the<br />
follow-up code.<br />
The follow-up V code categories:<br />
V24 Postpartum care <strong>and</strong> evaluation<br />
V67 Follow-up examination<br />
9) Donor<br />
Category V59 is the donor codes. They are used <strong>for</strong> living<br />
individuals who are donating blood or other body tissue. These<br />
codes are only <strong>for</strong> individuals donating <strong>for</strong> others, not <strong>for</strong> self<br />
donations. They are not <strong>for</strong> use to identify cadaveric<br />
donations.<br />
10) Counseling<br />
Counseling V codes are used when a patient or family member<br />
receives assistance in the aftermath <strong>of</strong> an illness or injury, or<br />
when support is required in coping with family or social<br />
problems. They are not necessary <strong>for</strong> use in conjunction with a<br />
diagnosis code when the counseling component <strong>of</strong> care is<br />
considered integral to st<strong>and</strong>ard treatment.<br />
The counseling V categories/codes:<br />
<strong>ICD</strong>-9-<strong>CM</strong> <strong>Official</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Coding</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Reporting</strong><br />
Effective October 1, 2008<br />
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