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Oncology: 202.8x Will Make Way for C85.8- and C85.9-

Published on Tue Jan 03, 2012

'Other specified' and 'unspecified' NHL fall under different codes in ICD-10.When you start using ICD-10 in 2013, the new code set won't always offer a simple one-to-one relationship to the old codes. Often, you'll have additional options that may require tweaking the way your physician documents a service and the way a coder reports it.Consider this: Under ICD-9, your go-to code for unspecified or other specified non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is 202.8x (Other lymphomas). So 202.8x serves as both an NEC (not elsewhere classifiable/other specified) and NOS (not otherwise specified/unspecified) code.ICD-10 change: ICD-10 does things a little differently by offering one code range for NHL NEC and another code range for NHL NOS.NEC: ICD-10 2011 includes C85.8- (Other specified types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma) for reporting NHL when the physician documents the type but ICD-10 doesn't offer a more specific code appropriate for that diagnosis. To start preparing to use this code [...]
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