Reader Questions:
Rely on This Excludes1 Guidance for Multiple Diagnoses
Published on Wed May 19, 2021
Question: The indication of my provider’s report details the patient 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 — [...]