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5 Quick Questions Guide Your Urine Culture, Urinalysis Coding

Published on Thu Dec 09, 2021

Hint: Identify anatomical location to choose correct UTI code. When your urologist performs a urine culture or urinalysis, always make sure you choose the appropriate ICD-10-CM code to describe the patient’s condition, to submit a clean claim. Many different signs, symptoms, test results, final diagnoses, and related conditions can lead to the need for urinalysis or urine culture, so your [...]
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