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Crosswalk ‘Severity’ and ‘Chronic’ Like This

Published on Thu Dec 02, 2021

Question: How do I code acute or chronic lower back pain? Even with the new ICD-10 codes it seems we can only document the pain and not its severity. Alabama Subscriber Answer: As you say, choices for documenting lower back pain do not specify pain severity. Since October 1 — when ICD-10 2022 took effect — you have three new [...]
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