Question: What is the difference between carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and wrist pain? Also, how should I report ICD-10 codes for each condition? AAPC Forum Subscriber Answer: Generally, pain in the wrist primarily involves pain in the wrist. The pain is localized [...]
Question: Our pediatrician diagnosed a patient with a urinary tract infection (UTI), but choosing the right UTI ICD-10 code has been challenging for me. How can I make sure I’m picking the most appropriate code? Montana Subscriber Answer: This can be tricky, [...]
Question: Our urologist diagnosed a patient with a urinary tract infection (UTI) but choosing the right UTI ICD-10 code has been challenging for me. How can I make sure I’m picking the most appropriate code? Montana Subscriber Answer: This can be tricky, [...]
Question: What are the correct surgical and anesthesia codes, modifiers, and diagnosis codes to report for the doctor and certified anesthesiologist assistant (CAA) in the following case? Also, how many minutes of anesthesia time should be reported? Anesthesiologist: Dr. Howard and [...]
Find out how AI can identify brain injuries from MRI exams. Providers order and use imaging scans to view inside the patient’s body to diagnose unseen conditions and screen for diseases, but human physicians can miss abnormalities while reviewing the [...]
Question: Our physician diagnosed a patient with a urinary tract infection (UTI), but choosing the right UTI ICD-10 code has been challenging for me. How can I make sure I’m picking the most appropriate code? Answer: This can be tricky, because UTIs [...]
And see which UTI code is specific to neonates. Coding for urinary tract infections (UTIs) seems straight-forward. After all, a quick index search turns up N39.0 (Urinary tract infection, site not specified), which seems easy enough. However, when you look [...]
For patients under 28 days of age with a UTI, report P39.3. Reporting the correct code for a urinary tract infection (UTI) can be tricky. For example, you need to know when it’s appropriate to use the site not specified [...]
Hint: A UTI may implicate the bladder or kidneys or urethra. Even though an ICD-10 code, N39.0 (Urinary tract infection, site not specified), exists for urinary tract infections (UTI), landing on the right code for a UTI diagnosis is not [...]
Know how and when to bypass N39.0. Coding for urinary tract infections (UTIs) seems very simple. The ICD-10 index for infection - urinary tract automatically leads you to N39.0 (Urinary tract infection, site not specified). But underneath that entry are [...]
