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Neurosurgery Coding Alert

ICD-9/ICD-10 Cross Reference

Published on Tue Feb 08, 2011

Bone Up on Dx Changes for Intracerebral HemorrhageICD-10 implementation is coming in 2013 and it's not too early to learn what those changes will mean for your commonly-coded diagnoses.If you're reporting 61312(Craniectomy or craniotomy for evacuation of hematoma, supratentorial; extradural or subdural), you may be using a diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage to help support the code on your claims. Here's what intracerebral hemorrhages will look like in ICD-10, versus ICD-9:Current code: 431 (Intracerebral hemorrhages) ICD-10 changes: 161.9 (Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, unspecified)
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