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Urology:

Turn to N20, N21 for Most Calculus Diagnoses

Published on Fri Jun 09, 2017

It’s just like real estate: Location is everything. As a urology coder, you see calculus diagnoses on a regular basis. ICD-10 has expanded your choices, but for stone diagnoses you will find most of your most common ones in two code families: N20- (Calculus of kidney and ureter …) and N21- (Calculus of lower urinary tract …). Coding notes specify [...]
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