Question

Nancy has been suffering with abdominal cramping pain in the belly area, persistent watery diarrhea, fever, and fatigue. She underwent a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease of the large bowel and colon. How would you report the diagnosis from the colonoscopy? Group of answer choices .

1. R10.9, R19.7, R53.81, R50.9

2. K50.10

3. R10.9, K50.90 K51.90,

4. R19.7, R53.81, R50.9, R10.9

Answer 1

The answer choice is 2) K50.10 which is a diagnostic code for crohn's disease of large intestine including bowel and colon without complications.  

1) R10.9 - Unspecified abdominal pain , R19.7 -diarrhoea unspecifed, R53.81- malaise or fatigue, R50.9 - fever unspecified.

3) R10.9 - unspecified abdominal pain , K50.90 - crohns disease unspecified without complications , K51.90 - Ulcerative colitis

4) R19. 7 - diarrhoea unspecified , R53.81 - malaise , R50.9 - fever, R10.9 - unspecified abdominal pain

Ms. Nancy have been suffering from abdominal pain, diarrhoea, fever and fatigue these symptoms we can identify by verbal communication with the patient. Through colonoscopy test crohns disease can be identified. The diagnostic code for crohns disease is K50.10.