Urology Coding Alert

ICD-10:

Turn to N20, N21 for Most Calculus Diagnoses

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 that N21 [...]
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