tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 2

You Be the Coder: Go to 6th Digit for Crohn's in ICD-10

Question: I’m having trouble with the level of detail for Crohn’s reporting now that we no longer use ICD-9. For instance, how should I code Crohn’s identified in the large intestine with an abscess using ICD-10? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: The correct code is K50.114 (add descriptor). Let’s walk through how you would choose that code. First, you must identify the location of the Crohn’s using one of the following choices: K50.0_ — Crohn’s disease of small intestine K50.1_ — … of large intestine K50.8_ — … of both small...

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