Reader Question:
BPH With Hyperplasia
Published on Thu Nov 01, 2001
Question: What diagnosis code should we use for BPH with two areas of atypical hyperplasia?
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Answer: There is no code that specific. Access code 600.0 (hyperplasia of prostate; hypertrophy [benign] of prostate) as the primary diagnosis, and for a secondary diagnosis, code 236.5 (neoplasm of uncertain behavior of genitourinary organs; prostate) if there is a well-defined change but subsequent behavior cannot be determined. These are the diagnosis codes for follow-up visits.
Answers to Reader Questions and You Be the Coder were provided by Michael A. Ferragamo, MD, clinical assistant professor of urology, State University of New York, Stony Brook; and Sandy Page, CPC,CCS-P, co-owner, Medical Practice Support Services in Denver.
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