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Acute MI

  •  06-26-2009, 8:19 AM

    Acute MI

    My question is if a patient comes into the Cardiologist’s office as a follow up from an inpatient stay from an Acute MI, it is within the 8 weeks, how would you code the visit?  Is it considered a subsequent episode of care since it is a follow up from the hospital stay, using the 5th digit of a “2” or is it considered an old MI (412) but it is not over 8 weeks since the initial episode of care for the acute MI?
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