Wiki Hematuria ICD-9

[JGONZALES]

If hematuria is listed in the medical notes and the payer wants either microscopic or gross, is it undercoding if we just listed it as microscopic unless otherwise stated.

 

[dadhich.girish]

Either it should be clarified by provider as microscopic or gross, or you should code it hematuria NOS - 599.70.