The FDA has approved the new drug Truvada to help prevent HIV. Please click here to read more about the drug. This is the first drug approved to help prevent HIV in uninfected individuals. Please click here to learn more from blog.aids.gov.
I called Gilead, a company that disperses the drug to ascertain the HCPCS code. Per a company representative, the J-code was not available at the time of my call. Once, I have the J-code, I will post it on the blog!
The ICD9 manual provides specific guidelines for coding HIV. Refresh your memory by reading Section 1 Chapter 1: Infection Disease portion of the ICD9 manual.
I called Gilead, a company that disperses the drug to ascertain the HCPCS code. Per a company representative, the J-code was not available at the time of my call. Once, I have the J-code, I will post it on the blog!
The ICD9 manual provides specific guidelines for coding HIV. Refresh your memory by reading Section 1 Chapter 1: Infection Disease portion of the ICD9 manual.
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