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ICD-10 Update:

Pave the Way for More Reporting Choices for IBS With K58

Published on Thu Mar 05, 2015

Hint: You use the same diagnosis code for spastic colon. When your clinician diagnoses irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), you will have to look for symptoms of diarrhea as this will affect code choice in ICD-10.  ICD-9: When your FP arrives at a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome, you report it with 564.1 (Irritable bowel syndrome). You use the same ICD-9 [...]
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