Gastroenterology:
Malignant Esophageal Tumor Makes Your Reporting Easier Next Year
Published on Tue Nov 18, 2014
This update bucks the trend of expanding into multiple codes. Here’s a surprise: you’ll encounter fewer specific codes in ICD-10 than ICD-9 for malignant esophageal neoplasms. You may have noticed that many conditions have a direct crosswalk or an expansion to numerous, more-specific codes when ICD-10 goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2015, but the opposite seems to be the [...]