Medical Definition of OTOSCOPY. : visual examination of the auditory canal and the eardrum with an otoscope. What made you want to look up otoscopy?
Diagnosis Code K57.9 ICD-10: K57.9 Short Description: Diverticular disease of intest, part unsp, w/o perf or abscs Long Description: Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code K57.9 Not Valid for Submission The code K57.9 is a header and not valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
When your pathologist receives a urinary bladder specimen and diagnoses malignant cancer, the last digit of the diagnosis will hinge on the surgeon's documentation of the biopsy or resection location. Look to these code choices for ICD-9 and the one-toone crosswalk for ICD-10: