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ICD-10:

216 Splits to D22 and D23 for Benign Skin Lesions

Published on Thu Jul 17, 2014

Look for 5th digit too. All you need to know right now to report a nevus or other non-cancerous skin lesion using ICD-9 is body site. But that’s not true when ICD-10 goes into effect and you’ll have many more specific codes for the condition.    Remember: The new ICD-10 compliance date is expected to be Oct. 1, 2015.   [...]
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