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Medical Coding

Category - ICD-10-CM Volumes 1 and 2

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A 26-year-old man has been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease of the large and small intestine without complications. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for this diagnosis?
  1. K50.0
  2. K50.1
  3. K50.8
  4. K50.9
Explanation
Answer: C - K50.8 is the correct code for Crohn’s disease of both small and large intestines without complications.
Code K50.0 is incorrect because this code is specific to the small intestine and K50.1 is incorrect because this code is for disease of the large intestine. Code K50.9 is incorrect because this code is for unspecified Crohn’s disease.
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