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General Surgery Coding Alert

ICD-10:

Expand 682.0 Under New Diagnosis Code Set

Published on Thu Apr 17, 2014

Pinpoint more details to choose the right code. When your general surgery practice switches to ICD-10, your surgeon will need to document with lots more diagnostic detail when performing procedures such as incision and drainage of an abscess.  That’s because ICD-10 provides far more detail for these conditions than ICD-9. Study Face Example For instance, if your surgeon drains an [...]
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