When to Use HIV code and AIDS code? | Medical Coding Training

When to Use HIV code and AIDS code? | CCO Medical Coding Training https://www.cco.us/product-category/ceu-credits/ Q: “What is the difference between AIDS and HIV? How do I know when to use the AIDS code (B20) instead of the HIV code (Z21)? What role, if any, do ‘Opportunistic Infections’ play?” A: This is actually a common question that I have seen not only in my students, but I’ve seen all over social media. The further we get into coding for risk adjustment, coding for inpatient environment, and just coding for good quality, the more we’re going to find, we as coders have to better understand clinical conditions and we can’t accept the providers to document explicitly in coder lingo. They don’t document in coder lingo, they document in physician verbiage. And, we need to quit expecting them to say clearly, “Oh, this patient has symptomatic HIV versus asymptomatic HIV” which is the difference in how the codes are worded. Let’s take a minute and talk about the difference between the two conditions from a clinical perspective and then we’ll talk about the codes. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus. It is just that, it is a virus; however it is a virus that once a patient contracts it they’re going to have it for the rest of their lives. It’s not currently one that we have a cure for anywhere in the world. This virus attacks the body’s immune system – specifically it attacks the CD4 or T cells, and those are the cells that fight off infections. If we’ve got the body attacking their own immune system, it’s going to progressively get worse, there’s going to be more of these HIV virus cells develop in the patient’s body and it’s going to attack more and more of the immune system and they’re going to get weaker and weaker from a defense perspective, and they’re going to get sick a lot easier. READ MORE HERE: https://www.cco.us/when-to-use-hiv-code-and-aids-code/ https://youtu.be/cjDfZaAyJbU ---------------------------------------- CLICK HERE: https://www.cco.us/product-category/ceu-credits/ ---------------------------------------- More Information about hiv code: HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTIONS - eICD.com http://www.eicd.com/guidelines/hiv.htm [PDF]HIV/AIDS Care: The Diagnosis Code - The AIDS Institute http://www.theaidsinstitute.org/.../HIV-AIDS%20Care%20-... The AIDS Institute Explain the importance of proper code sequencing. • Identify the various ICD-9-CM codes for symptomatic HIV/AIDS, asymptomatic HIV,. HIV 2 and inconclusive ... 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 042 : Human immunodeficiency virus ... http://www.icd9data.com/2014/Volume1/001.../042.htm ICD‑9 Data.com 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 042 : Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease. HIV Codes and Guidelines - When Do You Use V Code vs. O Code https://www.cco.us/hiv-codes-and-guidelines-hiv-codes-vcode-vs-0-code-video/ On the HIV codes, when do you use the V code versus the O code? Would you code the patient as being active if they have a history of it?... ---------------------------------------- CLICK HERE: https://www.cco.us/product-category/ceu-credits/ ---------------------------------------- People who watched this video: https://youtu.be/cjDfZaAyJbU Also searched online for: Searches related to hiv code vs aids code: hiv code blue hiv code icd 10 icd 9 042 hiv medical code hiv cpt code hiv diagnosis code code for hiv infection code for hiv positive ------------------------------------------------ CONNECT WITH US: http://www.facebook.com/cco.us http://www.youtube.com/medicalcodingcert http://www.youtube.com/codingcertification https://www.pinterest.com/codingcertorg https://plus.google.com/+CodingcertificationOrg https://www.linkedin.com/company/codingcertification-org ---------------------------------------- Don't forget to check out our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/medicalcodingcert -------------------------------------------- #hivcodeblue #hivcodeicd10 #icd9042 #hivmedicalcode #hivcptcode #hivdiagnosiscode #codeforhivinfection #codeforhivpositive #aidscode #opportunisticinfections -------------------------------------------- VISIT OUR SITE: https://www.cco.us