Urology Coding Alert

You'll only need to note small exclusion note changes. While ICD-10 Codes will bring a lot of changes, one thing you won't have to worry about is making your urologist change his documentation for peritoneal adhesions. Under the new codeset, the new code for the condition has a one-to-one correspondence with the old ICD-9 Codes . Don't forget: CMS has announced a proposed implementation date change from Oct. 1, 2013 to Oct. 1, 2014 for the new diagnosis code set. Female Pelvis and Gastrointestinal Don't Count ICD-9's 568.0 (Peritoneal adhesions [postoperative] [postinfection]) will become K66.0 (Peritoneal adhesions [postprocedural] [postinfection]) when the new code set goes into effect. Both code sets agree on the description of the condition as "adhesions (of)" the following sites: abdominal (wall) diaphragm intestine male pelvis mesenteric omentum stomach Watch exclusions: ICD-9 and ICD-10 exclude similar conditions and direct the coder to appropriate codes. For 568.0, the [...]