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ICD-10:

569.8 Translates to K55.2 for Angiodysplasia

Published on Tue Jun 17, 2014

Hemorrhage is still the key to code selection. Blood in the stool can lead to many different diagnoses, but if your surgeon has positively identified angiodysplasia lesions in the intestine, you currently have just two choices.   When ICD-10 goes into effect, you’ll still have two code choices, which are virtually a direct crosswalk from the ICD-9 codes. Read “ICD-10 [...]
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