Wiki Emphysematous Pyelitis

[tnscoder]

Hello All,

This is the first time that I have ever ran across the diagnosis of Emphysematous Pyelitis. It seems to be pretty important to me, but I can not seem to find a code that fits it well enough.

 

[Kimmers]

I would use code 59389 since there is no distinct code for renal emphysema or emphysematous pyelitis. I hope this helps.

Hello All,

This is the first time that I have ever ran across the diagnosis of Emphysematous Pyelitis. It seems to be pretty important to me, but I can not seem to find a code that fits it well enough.

 

[bjw1980]

I woudl use 590.80 for pyelitis NOS. This is as close as I could come up with, without saying it is acute or chronic.

 

[harshila]

i look under encoder and that giving me same dx code 590.80