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Take These 3 Hints, Master UTI Coding

Published on Fri Jan 05, 2018

Location, status don't always add up to N39.0. N39.0 (Urinary tract infection, site not specified) may be the first code listed in the ICD-10-CM alphabetic index when you look up Infection/urinary (tract). But that doesn't mean your search for the correct UTI code should end there. Look down the listing, and you'll find other UTIs associated with pregnancy (O23.4- [Unspecified [...]
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