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ICD-10:

Get Specific With UTI Details in the Fall

Published on Tue Feb 17, 2015

The unspecified code is probably not going to be good enough in the near future. When your urologist treats a patient for a urinary tract infection, you may lean on the unspecified ICD-9 code: 599.0 (Urinary tract infection site not specified). Picking a non-specific code isn’t your best bet in ICD-9, and when ICD-10 rolls around on Oct. 1, 2015 [...]
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