tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 9

ICD-10-CM Update: Recognize Abdominal Diagnosis Options Coming Your Way

Don’t miss these new GI tumor codes. As a general surgery coder, you know you have to be familiar with CPT® codes for procedures involving many body systems. The same is true for diagnosis coding, especially now that ICD-10-CM provides the first set of annual updates, effective Oct. 1, after a five-year code freeze. We’ve already covered many changes you can expect in General Surgery Coding Alert vol. 18 no. 6 (“ICD-10: Get Ready for Dx Updates This October”) — specifically lots of vascular-system and a few gastrointestinal (GI) changes. Now let’s look at...

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