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ICD-10 Coding:

I.D. Disorder Types to Pinpoint Disc Dx

Published on Thu Jun 15, 2023

‘Other’ cervical disc disorders call for M50.8-. When a patient has a cervical disc disorder, the coder will likely have some digging to do — through the encounter notes and the ICD-10 code book. Why? Coders can choose from a number of different base ICD-10 codes to indicate a cervical disc disorder. Then, coders must focus on the characters in [...]
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