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ICD-10 Update:

Cholecystitis Sails Smoothly to K81 in ICD-10

Published on Mon Jan 28, 2013

Hint: Don’t code separately if the condition occurs with cholelithiasis or choledocholithiasis. When your gastroenterologist arrives at a diagnosis of cholecystitis, you will need know chronicity details to report this accurately when ICD-10 becomes effective Oct. 1, 2014. Note Reporting Options in ICD-9 When your gastroenterologist makes a diagnosis of cholecystitis, you currently note whether the condition is acute, chronic, [...]
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