Question

A patient with metastatic bone cancer (primary site unknown) presents to the oncologist's office for a chemotherapy treatment. on examination the oncologist finds the patient to be severely dehydrated and cancels the chemotherapy. the patient receives intravenous hydration in the office and reschedules the chemotherapy treatment. what icd-10-cm codes are reported?

Answer 1

When reporting this situation, the right answer is: C86.0, C79.51, C80.1 when at the time of admission or encounter the patient is suffering dehydration that was caused by the treatment (chemotherapy) or the malignancy or both, and the current treatment is only for the dehydration, the dehydration is sequenced first, followed by the code(s) for the malignancy