Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

You won't find one-to-one matches for all your current codes. If a pathology report comes back with a hyperplasia diagnosis, then you have five possible ICD-9 codes to report. However, in ICD-10, you'll only have three options.Hyperplasia defined: When hyperplasia occurs, this means the patient has an increase in the number of cells. In the case of endometrial hyperplasia, this means the cells have proliferated in the endometrium, or the inner lining of the uterus. An endometrial intraepithelial neoplasm is a precancerous lesion in the endometrium that makes the uterine lining more susceptible to endometroid endometrial adenocarcinoma.ICD-9-CM Codes621.30, Endometrial hyperplasia, unspecified621.31, Simple endometrial hyperplasia without atypia621.32, Complex endometrial hyperplasia without atypia621.33, Endometrial hyperplasia with atypia621.35, Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia [EIN]ICD-10-CM CodesN85.00, Endometrial hyperplasia, unspecified N85.01, Benign endometrial hyperplasiaN85.02, Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasm [EIN]ICD-10 Change: In the case of 621.30 and 621.31, you have a one-to-one relationship between your ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes [...]