Dermatology Coding Alert
Get to Know Your New Skin Cancer Dx Codes
Published on Fri Jun 10, 2011 
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In October, you'll see a few changes in the 173 (Other malignant neoplasm of skin) series in your 2012 ICD-9 manuals. Keep an eye out for these four-digit codes that will become obsolete, and these five-digit codes that will replace them:
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