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Remember a 7th Character When Citing Urethral Injury

Published on Mon Sep 29, 2025

Question: I have a urology report where the physician diagnosed the patient with acute urinary retention stemming from a urethral injury when the patient attempted to place a urinary catheter. The patient inserted the medically necessary catheter and accidentally injured their urethra in the process. How do we code this injury? Alabama Subscriber Answer: You’ll report three ICD-10-CM codes for [...]
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