Urology Coding Alert

The one-to-one code matchup makes updating your superbill a snap.

When your urologist treats a patient for neurogenic bladder -- for example, a pediatric patient who undergoes the Mitrofanoff procedure -- you would likely use ICD-9 Diagnosis code 596.54 (Neurogenic bladder NOS).

ICD-10 difference: When ICD-10 takes over on Oct. 1, 2013, you'll still have just one neurogenic bladder diagnosis code: N31.9 (Neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder, unspecified).

Physician documentation: Your physician is already documenting that the patient has a neurogenic bladder and you likely have ICD-9 code 596.54 on your superbill already. You won't have much to change in 2013. You'll just need to switch 596.54 to N31.9 on the superbill.