Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2009 Issue 29
PART B CODING COACH: Get Ready Now for October's Urinary Diversion, Renal Disease Diagnosis Changes
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Article Overview
This article is a coding update for urology and related diagnostic reporting under ICD-9. It highlights selected 2010-effective changes affecting urinary diversion, renal disease and failure, abnormal radiology findings, external cause reporting, and certain personal history and preoperative laboratory categories. It is aimed at physicians, coders, and billing staff who need to recognize which diagnosis-code updates may affect documentation, claim accuracy, and medical necessity support.
Why This Topic Matters
The article helps readers identify which upcoming ICD-9 diagnosis changes may affect urology practice workflows, documentation specificity, and reimbursement-related reporting after the effective date.
Article Sections
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Incorporate New Pouch Codes
This section introduces updated ICD-9 diagnosis coding topics related to urinary diversion and intestinal pouch complications. It explains the general context for the new pouch-related category additions.
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E and V Codes Face Changes
This section covers selected updates to external cause reporting and V code categories. It also introduces new diagnosis code categories tied to fertility counseling, fertility procedures, personal history, and pre-procedural laboratory evaluation.
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Renal Dx, Radiology Round Out Urology Changes
This section discusses revisions affecting renal disease and failure coding, as well as abnormal radiology and other diagnostic study findings. It focuses on the broader clinical and reporting areas affected by the update.
What You Will Learn
- Which broad urology-related ICD-9 diagnosis areas were updated for the October 2009 changes
- How the article groups urinary diversion, E code, V code, renal, and radiology-related updates
- What categories of documentation and reporting issues the update is intended to address
- Which general types of diagnosis-code changes may affect urology practice workflows
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing staff
- Urology practices
- Physicians
- Coding managers
Codes Discussed
Code Ranges Discussed
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