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Jan 19th, 2011 - cwingert
V codes
Is it appropriate to use a V code as the first dx code on a claim?
Thank you!!
Jan 19th, 2011 -
yep
if that was the primary reason for the visit. I bill lots of V70.0, V72.31, etc
Jan 19th, 2011 -
Definately
If you look in the tabular of the ICD-9 book several V codes have notations next to them signifying they are primary diagnosis codes.