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Hi All,
Can anyone here let me know whether we can code nausea and vomiting along with Urinary tract infection(Unspecified).
ICD-10 CM guidelines states signs and symptoms cannot be coded with integral part of disease condition. Is it applicable to unspecified urinary tract infection? Where Physician has not specified further whether the patient is having upper urinary tract infections, which involve the kidneys (pyelonephritis) or lower tract infections, which involve the bladder (cystitis), urethra (urethritis), and prostate (prostatitis).
As per merck manual Nausea and vomiting is a specific symptom of pyelonephritis and cystitis.
Regards,
Ummer
Can anyone here let me know whether we can code nausea and vomiting along with Urinary tract infection(Unspecified).
ICD-10 CM guidelines states signs and symptoms cannot be coded with integral part of disease condition. Is it applicable to unspecified urinary tract infection? Where Physician has not specified further whether the patient is having upper urinary tract infections, which involve the kidneys (pyelonephritis) or lower tract infections, which involve the bladder (cystitis), urethra (urethritis), and prostate (prostatitis).
As per merck manual Nausea and vomiting is a specific symptom of pyelonephritis and cystitis.
Regards,
Ummer
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