Wiki Coding for bilateral Carpal Tunnel syndrome

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Do you code once or twice for carpel tunnel syndrome when dx is present in both upper extremities.
 
Read you guidelines.
For ICD-9 Cm and ICD-10 CM. You list a code only once.
Soo for ICD-9 CM it is one code whether it is unilateral or bilateral
For ICD-10 CM there are codes for right and left but no bilateral. So you would code both the right and the left for bilateral
 
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