tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2012 Issue 6

ICD-10: 172 to C43, D03: Look for 2 Melanoma Families in ICD-10

Watch for more specific site options, too.The ICD-10 implementation delay might give you a breather (see "Anticipate 1 Extra Year for Your ICD-10 Implementation Schedule" in this issue), but that doesn't mean you should slack off with your ICD-10 preparations. You'll need to be ready for an important melanoma coding distinction once you're required to use the new code set, which has a proposed implementation date of Oct. 1, 2014.Code for SiteICD-9 provides one code family for melanoma of skin (excluding skin of genital organs or sites other than skin): 172.x (Malignant melanoma of skin). A...

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