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K56 Code Family Gets Very Specific

Published on Thu Feb 07, 2019

Question: I’m used to certain basic diagnoses that we face all the time, like intestinal obstruction, but I get confused because ICD-10 has so much detail. For instance, how should I code partial obstruction due to intestinal adhesions? Codify Subscriber Answer: The correct code for your example is K56.51 (Intestinal adhesions [bands], with partial obstruction). You are correct that ICD-10-CM provides [...]
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