You are the coding supervisor. A coder is attempting to assign code K22.11 twice for a patient treated for two bleeding esophageal ulcers, lower and upper. She complains that the computer will allow her to enter the code only once. What is your response?
A. Refer her to the general guideline for laterality.
B. Override the edit and assign the code twice to show two sites.
C. Refer her to the general guideline for reporting the same diagnosis code more than once.
D. Tell her to look for a combination code instead.
