tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 6

ICD-10: Get Ready for Dx Updates This October

Cardiovascular system changes and more will impact your practice. After a five-year code freeze to ease transitioning to ICD-10 CM, you can expect to see the first set of annual updates this Oct. 1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted a preliminary list of ICD-10-CM changes for what will become ICD-10-CM 2017. With the release of 1,943 new codes, “Change seems to be the name of the game,” says Duane C. Abbey, PhD, president of Abbey and Abbey Consultants Inc., in Ames, IA. Read on to see which changes you can expect...

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