Reader Questions:
Use Single Dx in This Colitis Coding Conundrum
Published on Wed Mar 17, 2021
Question: Our provider documented a patient as having both diarrhea and colitis. Do I assign codes to both conditions, or is only one code used in this case? And if I do code the diarrhea, do I use R19.7 or K59.1? New Jersey Subscriber Answer: First, you can determine the difference between the two diarrhea codes — R19.7 (Diarrhea, unspecified) [...]