General Surgery Coding Alert
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Clip and Save Endometriosis Dx
Published on Tue Jul 19, 2022
This table provides a breakdown of the new ICD-10-CM 2023 endometriosis codes that go in effect Oct. 1, 2022. The numbers that are not shaded are reportable codes that require no additional characters, with the following exception: For the codes in the “depth” column that are shaded, add the appropriate 6th character that is not shaded to indicate laterality. + Adenomyosis Uterus (N80.03) was previously an inclusion term for N80.0 *N80.40 unspecified involvement of vagina; N80.41 w/out involvement of vagina; N80.42 w/ involvement of vagina
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