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Get Specific for UTI Diagnoses
Published on Mon Jan 18, 2021
Question: Which diagnosis should we report for a urinary tract infection (UTI) of a male patient? Utah Subscriber Answer: Fortunately, the urinary tract infection codes aren’t necessarily differentiated by gender, so you’ll need to find the most accurate code based on the documentation. The first ICD-10-CM code that pops up when you search for “infection/urinary (tract)” is N39.0 (Urinary tract [...]