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Case 1: Your gynecologist treats a patient with postmenopausal vaginal burning, because the fabrics are thinner and contraction. Reviews ob-gyn decreased lubrication of the vaginal wall. This patient is experiencing pain and vaginal itching, pain during intercourse, and bleeding after intercourse. The obstetrician diagnosed the patient should inform _________, and _________.

Case 2: Your gynecologist treats a patient with abnormal vaginal bleeding menopause or unusual. You must declare _________.

Solution 1: The diagnosis of obstetrician patients with atrophic vaginitis, and must notify 627.3 (menopausal disorders and post-menopausal menopausal atrophic vaginitis). Normally, the lack of estrogen during and after menopause causes the disease. Other causes include atrophic vaginitis, estrogen decreased due to decreased ovarian function after radiotherapy or chemotherapy, ovariectomy, post-partum changes and disorders immune system.

The gynecologist disease is diagnosed through a pelvic exam, which showed thin the vaginal walls but you can order light laboratory tests to confirm menopause and exclude other conditions that may resemble it. According to Melanie Witt, RN, CPC, COBGC, MA, gynecologist, advanced knowledge Guadalupita based code, New Mexico, for postmenopausal women who potentially may have premature ovarian failure or who are being evaluated risk of other health problems, the gynecologist may order one or more of the following tests:

• follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) to determine when approaching or past menopause

• Estradiol: to measure the ovarian production of estrogen and evaluate whether the normal menstrual cycle

• Thyroid function tests (free T4 and TSH) to test the function of the thyroid gland, which can decrease with age, affecting about menstruation and cause symptoms similar to those seen with menopause.

Because of this, your gynecologist may prescribe topical creams or estrogen tablets or vaginal use of estrogen patches. Write command is part of the office visit (99.201 to 99.215, Office or other outpatient …), said Witt.

Relationship ICD-10: When the ICD-10 comes into force, be informed N95.2 (postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis) in place.

This condition must be associated with endometrial biopsies

Solution 2: Your gynecologist treats a patient with abnormal or postmenopausal vaginal bleeding unusual. You must declare 627.1 (menopausal and postmenopausal disorders, bleeding after menopause). endometrial atrophy (621.8) or endometrial cancer or cancer can cause vaginal bleeding in postmenopausal women.

Remember: The patient may also undergo hormone replacement therapy, which can cause bleeding, have atrophic vaginitis, recently lost weight (which affects the body by releasing stored estrogen), or fibroids or polyps.

For this condition, obstetrics and gynecology may be required endometrial biopsies (from 58100-58110 or 58 558, hysteroscopy, surgery, with a sampling [Biopsy] endometrial and / or polypectomy, with or without D & C), D & C (58 120, dilation and curettage, diagnostic and / or therapeutic] [nonobstetrical) or hysteroscopy (58 555, Hysteroscopy).

About the Author

Suzanne Leder, M.Phil., CPC, COBGC can answer your ob-gyn coding questions, as she has been the Ob-gyn Coding Alert editor for five years and counting. Also, she holds a specialty OB/GYN coding certification. Currently, she is an Executive Editor at the Coding Institute and has covered topics in cardiology, physical medicine and rehab, gastroenterology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, and otolaryngology. She has a BA from N.C. State University and an international Master’s degree (M. Phil) from Trinity College Dublin.

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