Medical Codes

[Mags]

Does anyone have the medical codes for MC, CC & LC handy? I've got a meeting with my horrible attorney in the morning, and apparently he doesn't remember that I already gave them to him. I can't find where I wrote them down.

Coincidentally, I am out of remission and having my first pure stress-induced flare.

Thanks in advance!

Hope everyone is doing okay.

Mags

[sarkin]

Sorry to hear about the flare, Mags.

Wikipedia says 558.9 - and so did some other folks (here: http://www.aapc.com/memberarea/forums/s ... hp?t=38387 )

(558) Other noninfectious gastroenteritis and colitis
(558.9) Gastroenteritis, noninfectious, unspec.

Hope your attorney has a little flare of competence and helpfulness,

S

[Zizzle]

Thar's right, Sara. There is no specific ICD-9 code for MC, LC or CC. Just a non-specific catch-all. Big pet peeve of mine.

[sarkin]

Z - I'm trying to stick with one pet peeve a day... but you're pointing out a real 'symptom' of a problem that's in some ways more intractable than MC. (I feel a terrific rant coming on - I shall take an example from the medical establishment and put my head back in the sand now.)

--S

[MaggieRedwings]

No head in the sand around here Sara. They need to wake up and get us a correct code. Now my rant of the day.

Love, Maggie