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Coding Anxiety Due to a Medical Condition

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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Q:

How would Anxiety due to a medical condition be coded?




A:

Per Coding Clinic, 4th quarter 1996, page 29, Anxiety due to a medical condition is assigned to Organic anxiety syndrome (293.84), which crosswalks in I-10 to Anxiety Disorder Due to Known Physiological Condition (F06.4).  Per Coding Clinic, “This condition is characterized by clinically significant anxiety that is judged to be due to the direct physiological effects of a general medical condition.”

Below are some organic conditions that can cause Anxiety:

  • Hypo and Hyperthyroidism,
  • CHF,
  • COPD,
  • Pneumonia,
  • Neoplasms

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Article Author: Anita Meyers, RHIT, CCS
Anita Meyers, RHIT, CCS, is an Inpatient Coding Professional at Medical Management Plus. Anita has over twenty-six years of experience in inpatient and outpatient coding including 17 years of work at AQAF reviewing inpatient and outpatient records from Alabama hospitals. In addition to reviewing records she was the team leader in Beneficiary Services where she participated in case review activities, received and processed beneficiary complaints and handled fee-for-service denials for home health, hospice and skilled nursing facility services. Prior to joining the MMP team, Anita left AQAF to become an inpatient contract coder and worked at various hospitals in central Alabama. In her current position, Anita is an integral part of the Inpatient Services at Medical Management Plus.

This material was compiled to share information.  MMP, Inc. is not offering legal advice. Every reasonable effort has been taken to ensure the information is accurate and useful.