Icd 9 2011: Relatively Few Changes For Urology This Time

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Every year during the month of October, you get to see new diagnosis codes, code deletions and code revisions. And this year too it's no different. But compared to previous years, urology coders will see fewer changes this year. Here are some urology coding changes that you need to know to code right for your practice.
If we go by the proposed changes, we might see the addition of one new personal history code specific to genitourinary congenital corrections: V13.62. This is one of the most important changes for urology coders as your urologist may need to indicate this history for some patients.
For instance: Your urologist tends to chronic prostatitis in an adult patient who had a hypospadias penile repair as a child. If you add V13.62 to your claim as well as use 601.1, it'll add to the reporting accuracy of your overall clinical scenario.
Occasionally, you may also use five new fecal impaction and incontinence codes in your urological practice. This time ICD 9 deletes 787.6 and comes up with five new ...
... codes.
Your urologist may use one of the new diagnoses for a thorough ICD-9 clinical description in a patient with severe urinary incontinences as well as fecal impaction or fecal incontinence.
ICD 9 2011 has expanded the BMI codes to show higher BMIs with five new codes.
Benefit: BMI has become an important health tool and the new codes will certainly provide more data.
There are seven key signs that count for the constitutional bullet in the E/M physical exam coding, and there are those who think that BMI should be an eight option. If that eight bullet gains traction and comes into play for medical coders, the new V codes could help significantly.
To review these changes for urology coding, sign up for an audio conference. When you sign up for one, you'll stay on top of the changes in both diagnosis and procedure codes for the coming year, apart from staying tuned to all the changes taking place in the coding world. The best part of such conferences is that even if you missed out on a scheduled conference, you can always listen to the recordings in CDs and PDF transcripts. And to top it all, you also stand to acquire CEUs on attending the same.
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