Hi Jeff, We have a large HIV/AIDS population and query for either the most recent CD4 count, any history of CD4 count under 200 or any history of AIDS defining illness. If any of the above applies, we apply code B20 to reflect AIDS. Once diagnosed with AIDS, we want to continue to reflect the highest level of severity of illness in the current admission. If unclear regarding the CDC-defined ...
(ICD-10 code B20). CHSC Code Section 121022 (a) requires health care providers and clinical laboratories to report HIV infection by patient name to the local public health officer.
So, when the documentation indicates HIV with sepsis, since with is considered a linking term (CC 4th qtr 2017 pg 101), and sepsis is in the CMS list of related conditions, are you coding to the B20 or querying to verify that the sepsis is related to the HIV and not due to a community acquired infection?
How do your facilities handle "HIV" documentation? What about the coding clinic that says if once coded as B20 the patients condition should always be coded to B20? Are you querying with each admission or checking prior accounts to see if ever coded to B20? We have a few patients that we know have been diagnosed with HIV ds/AIDS but are on antiretrovirals and are asymptomatic.
Good Morning, Would documentation of a diagnosis that is not considered an AIDS defining condition, but noted as being due to HIV, qualify to code to B20? For example, physician notes "rhabdomyolysis due to HIV" or "pancytopenia due to HIV".
The sequencing rules require B20 as the PDX (I think), but DRG 977 is static - the reimbursement is very low, and hardly reflects the significant cost and LOS associated with treating this major brain infection.
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