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ICD-10-CM Code for Other specified functional intestinal disorders K59.89

ICD-10 code K59.89 for Other specified functional intestinal disorders is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Other specified functional intestinal disorders
Atony of colon
Pseudo-obstruction (acute) (chronic) of intestine

K59

Excludes1: change in bowel habit NOS (R19.4)
intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
psychogenic intestinal disorders (F45.8)

Excludes2: functional disorders of stomach (K31.-)

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87505 for GA Healthspring
Hi CPT 87505 & 87506 are lab test see if pt has infections of Clostridium or Heli Pylori or some bacteria in digestion/stomach area. If provider is testing and this bacteria comes back positive put d... [ Read More ]
Z15.09 as reason for colon biopsy specimen
Hi Lcubed You must have provider give a reason for doing colonoscopy. Those Z codes are not first listed and give no definitive illness info to the payer, too generic. Was the colonoscopy done for a... [ Read More ]
Total lap colectomy-- please help, i'm leaning towards unlisted, my supervisor wants me to bill as lap colectomy.. colectomy laparascopic total
Post-op Diagnosis * Constipation [K59.00] Procedures * COLECTOMY TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC, ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS Due to the complex nature of this case I will be using an assist... [ Read More ]
Question: Screening Labs
Hi Rhonda? This screening depends on what lab test is being done and reason from provider. . DX Z00 is more of physical. I'd be detailed if I were you 2. Let me give you some examples but it depends o... [ Read More ]
GI Godes
Hi There Susan De Souza!? You can bill these together but they should be polyps removed from differ areas of the colon. I hope your provider documents this factor . See the diagnostic code of block D... [ Read More ]
Anal Dyssynergia Dx Code?
Need help from my fellow GI Coders please ! Trying to find out the correct DX code for Anal Dyssynergia? MD states in the note that patient "underwent rectal manometry that revealed type 2 anal dyssy... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 for pathology cases that fail to yield a definitive diagnosis
Hi All I bill lab and x-ray ALL the time plus past job experience. Lab companies really hate unspecified dx codes but they do accept them. Also only use Z dx codes if they are considered FIRST listed ... [ Read More ]
Screening colonoscopy diagnosis coding for pathology procedure code 88305
Hi Everyone, From my past experience if the patient had [B]symptom [/B]to warrant a colonoscopy..put that as first dx. So let us say the patient had fecal abnormalities dx R19.5 or bleeding K92 dx, th... [ Read More ]
Intestinal Failure
That's not specific enough to use K90.9. I would look at K59.9, as we don't know in what capacity the patient's intestine is failing.... [ Read More ]
Denial on CPT 36410
Right now I have 10 denials with various dx. E11.9, E11.43, L02.416, L03.113, F19.90, R11.2, R06.02, R10.13, R10.9, J18.9, k59.00, N73.9, N39.0...the list goes on... [ Read More ]
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