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Do you code once or twice for carpel tunnel syndrome when dx is present in both upper extremities.
Do you code once or twice for carpel tunnel syndrome when dx is present in both upper extremities.
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Wiki Coding for bilateral Carpal Tunnel syndrome
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mitchellde
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Read you guidelines.
For ICD-9 Cm and ICD-10 CM. You list a code only once.
Soo for ICD-9 CM it is one code whether it is unilateral or bilateral
For ICD-10 CM there are codes for right and left but no bilateral. So you would code both the right and the left for bilateral
For ICD-9 Cm and ICD-10 CM. You list a code only once.
Soo for ICD-9 CM it is one code whether it is unilateral or bilateral
For ICD-10 CM there are codes for right and left but no bilateral. So you would code both the right and the left for bilateral