tci Part B Insider - 2018 Issue 2

Part B Coding Coach: Pinpoint the Best UTI Code Choice with This Overview

Tip: Review the different names used to identify urinary tract infections. With options galore, it can be overwhelming to pick the right diagnosis code for a urinary tract infection. Read on for advice on how to differentiate between the myriad of ICD-10-CM choices for coding UTIs. Look up Infection/urinary (tract) in the ICD-10-CM alphabetic index, and you'll see N39.0 (Urinary tract infection, site not specified) as the first listed code. But look down the listing under that entry and you'll also see a number of other codes, including complicating, pregnancy O23.4- (Unspecified infection of urinary tract in...

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