Monday Coding QuizzesThe estimated reading time is less than a minute Urinary Tract Infection Due to Escherichia coli July 8, 2019 at 12:00 am2 Test your skills with a new coding question from Clinical Coding Workout every Monday. In the diagnostic statement “urinary tract infection due to Escherichia coli,” which condition is coded as the principal diagnosis? The E. coli The urinary tract infection Either may be coded as the principal diagnosis The circumstances of the admission determine which condition is coded as the principal diagnosisSource: AHIMA Press. Clinical Coding Workout, 2019. https://my.ahima.org/store/product?id=65592.
these are great questions
So would the code be: N39.0, B96.20