ICD-9 code 098.52 for Gonococcal bursitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -SYPHILIS AND OTHER VENEREAL DISEASES (090-099).
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If you're solely asking about the Agent Orange coding, I would do Z77.098 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other hazardous, chiefly nonmedicinal, chemicals.... [ Read More ]
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Its not covered for those that are asymptomatic. H[COLOR=#000000][FONT="]ematuria & neoplasms, everything else not covered by medicare
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I indexed urethritis in ICD-9 and the codes below are what I found and confirmed through the tabular section.
[B]Urethritis, gonococcal [/B]
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[QUOTE="mitchellde, post: 307451, member: 30657"]I think you mean [B]O[/B]98.7[B]1[/B]9 not 098.79, these are O not 0 codes and it does make a difference and there is no O98.79 code in the system.[/QU... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="Tamil arasi, post: 307323, member: 270482"]1.A pregnant woman who is HIV positive status but is without symptoms - According to this case we have to code HIV without symptoms= Z21, as back pai... [ Read More ]
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