BC Advantage - 2012 Issue 2

ICD-10-CM

For years there have been rumors of ICD-10 being the code set for the current year.  Sadly, there was no proof behind these rumors.  Now, we can stop any rumor because it is official that ICD-10-CM will be the official diagnosis code set.  ICD-10-CM will be effective as of October 1, 2013.  Now, why did this happen?  ICD-9-CM has been around for more than 30 years and it cannot go any further.  ICD-9-CM is limited to a maximum of five numbers.  This limits ICD-9-CM to about 15,000 codes.  ICD-10-CM is...

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