Carol.Dohmen
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When using a diagnosis code such as M25.55 that does not have a bilateral option, would you bill right hip M25.551 and left hip M25.552 or just bill unspecified M25.559 to include both hip?
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graceroni13
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i would do both right and left codes if there wasn't a bilateral option
mitchellde
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The coding guidelines state that if there is no bilateral code available you are to code both the left and the right, not unspecified.
Carol.Dohmen
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Thank you for the input! I just located the Laterality section in the guidelines.