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Look for Close Malignant Skin Neoplasm Crosswalk

Published on Thu Jan 31, 2013

Melanoma and more report to different codes. Not a lot will change once you start reporting malignant skin neoplasms with ICD-10, but we have the low-down on a few key differences to keep your diagnosis coding on track for skin biopsy and excision cases. Recall: CMS has finalized the ICD-10 implementation date for Oct. 1, 2014, delaying the action one [...]
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