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Jun 21st, 2012 - billinglady 9 

ICD9 for worm in stool (no joke)

We had a patient come in the other day saying that she has seen a worm in her stool and the doc coded "worried well". I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is a more accurate ICD9 code to use for this. I see 127.9 worm in intestine but I don't know that it's accurate since it deals with "infestation" and she doesn't describe this as such; although she does state that she has seen it intermittently on other occasions.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Jun 21st, 2012 - Mchu 39 

re: ICD9 for worm in stool (no joke)

792.1 Nonspecific abnormal findings in stool contents

This is what I would use... :)

Good luck!

God bless



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