Congential kidney tubual defect on right side

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in Home Care Coding General
Would you code Q63.8 or N25.9???????

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  • Nancy.Wolverton@kindred.comNancy.Wolverton@kindred.com
    edited April 2017
    If documented as congenital, you will use a Q-code but the condition is not well described as you know.
    Would be nice to know if "tubal" referred to the spinal cord, or the ureter, or within the kidney itself.

    Nancy Wolverton RN, CCM, HCS-D
    Kindred at Home
    Little Rock, Arkansas
    501-508-8526
    Nancy.Wolverton@kindred.com
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