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    Wiki J-Pouch with polyp diagnosis help!!

    I have a patient who had a total colectomy and has a J-pouch. They had a pouchoscopy which showed polyps that were removed, what ICD code would I use for polyps of an ileal pouch? The patient does not have any of their colon or rectum so I cannot use those codes, and the area of intestine is...
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    • crohn's gastroenterology icd 10 ulcerative colitis
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    Wiki IBS vs UC

    Under the K50-K52 section of codes, there is an excludes 1 with IBS. If ulcerative colitis and IBS are both supported with appropriate meds, which is more specific? *There is no resource that says the more specific dx is the option under the excludes 1 and I don’t believe a syndrome should be...
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