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Avoid the Trap of Assigning N39.0 for Every UTI Diagnosis

Published on Tue Jan 14, 2020

Hit: Check whether other anatomic sites are involved. While a urinary tract infection (UTI) might be one of the most common conditions that a urologist treats, that doesn’t mean you can make assumptions about reporting the care. Selecting the correct diagnosis code is paramount, especially when symptoms that appeared to point to a UTI actually lead elsewhere. Now follow our [...]
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