Dx

How do you link a dignoxin INR to DX when the patient has come in for leg pain, but the doctor has a dignoxin INR also?

Jul 6th, 2011 -

re: Dx

what is Dignoxin? Did you do an INR? Was the patient on warfarin? Use v58.61

Jul 6th, 2011 - onejourneyone 4

re: Dx

Sorry for the misspelled word of digoxin. Digoxin is used similary to digitalis. Yes he ordered a INR and the patient was on Coumadin.

Jul 6th, 2011 -

re: Dx

So the INR was done to be sure the leg pain was not related to a hematoma from overanticoagulation with warfarin. So I would link the INR to v58.61 and it should be covered. I still don't see where the Digoxin comes into play but that's ok.