What Coders Need to Know: Anticoagulant versus Antiplatelet – Coding Considerations – MedLearn Publishing

What Coders Need to Know: Anticoagulant versus Antiplatelet – Coding Considerations – MedLearn Publishing

Continuing our look at areas where we see confusion we will examine the assignment of the long term use codes for anticoagulants versus antithrombotics/antiplatelets. GoodR, in an article titled, “Antiplatelet vs. Anticoagulant Blood Thinners – 4 Things to Know,” details the basics coders need to keep in mind when assigning these codes.  First, these drugs have the same goal but work in different ways.  Antiplatelet drugs prevent the platelets f…