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Locate Hyperplastic Polyps for ICD-10

Published on Wed Jan 14, 2015

211.3 crosswalks to more specific codes. Because they’re non-neoplastic, you’ll currently report most hyperplastic colon, rectal, or anal polyps that your surgeon removes as ICD-9 code 211.3 (Benign neoplasm of colon) or 211.4 (Benign neoplasm of rectum and anal canal). But two codes won’t be good enough once you convert to ICD-10 on Oct. 1, 2015. At that point, your [...]
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