icd 9 code for question below

25-week pregnancy with urinary tract infection secondary to E-Coli; patient went home undelivered.

Apr 6th, 2011 -

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was this patient admitted, seen in office or other? UTI is 599.0, 041.4 is E coli infection. Not sure the issue here...

Apr 6th, 2011 - wvachon 1

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You need to check the Official Coding Guidelines related to pregnancy. It is not correct to code just 599.0 and 041.4. See the guideline below copied from the Coding Guidelines

Current Conditions Complicating Pregnancy
Assign a code from subcategory 648.x for patients that have current conditions when the condition affects the management of the pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium. Use additional secondary codes from other chapters to identify the conditions, as appropriate.

Apr 6th, 2011 - wwheeler 2

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you would need four codes for this one: 646.63, 599.0, 648.93, 041.4

Apr 6th, 2011 -

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Sorry about my poor answer- trying my best- a little UTI should not be so hard to code...

Apr 8th, 2011 - HIMcoder 41

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it's ok, a lot of people don't realize you have to have a 600 pregnancy code attached with whatever condition they have.