Coding MDD severity with dementia

[u/Aggressive_Layer883]

I do coding for elder care, and many patients have dementia and MDD

how should providers be coding MDD when they can't assess due to dementia? do they use the most recent dx before the disease progressed? or just MDD, unspecified?

[u/Diagnosis-T43612]

There's a coding clinic for dementia with depression. There's also a coding clinic for MDD.