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Coding => Coding => : ginnshaw January 31, 2022, 06:44:26 PM

: How to use Z codes
: ginnshaw January 31, 2022, 06:44:26 PM

I need advice on billing insurance for a pediatric speech and language office.  We have a client who has had a cleft lip and palate repair and still being treated for speech therapy.  Should I use the code that states personal history of cleft lip and palate repair (Z87.730), or should I use the code that states cleft lip and palate (Q37.9), along with my speech Dx code?
Thanks!!

: Re: How to use Z codes
: Michele February 04, 2022, 11:16:40 AM

I would put the speech dx code as primary and the history of  code as secondary.