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Comfortable Coding Appendicitis? Get Ready to Change, Says ICD-10 Proposal

Published on Mon Jul 10, 2017

Myocardial infarction, diverticular disease are also diagnosis codes to watch. Appendicitis coding could be set for a pretty big overhaul as part of the Oct. 1, 2017, ICD-10 update. That’s the word from the proposed changes that the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee discussed during its March meeting. The Committee will not make final decisions until later this year, but [...]
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