How do i uninstall and reinstall itunes on my phone?

I have an iphone 5s.  after I installed the latest update, I plugged it into my computer and all of my playlists in iTunes disappeared.
now, iTunes says that my phone is not usable and I need to uninstall and reinstall iTunes on the phone.  how do I do this?

You are misunderstanding the message.
You cannot uninstall or reinstall iTunes on the iPhone.
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