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ICD-10-CM:

V10.05 Swaps Places With Z85.030 for Personal History of Colon Neoplasm

Published on Thu Mar 15, 2012

Have you heard the news about the new code set's implementation date?The ICD-10-CM implementation date has been officially postponed and is no longer Oct. 1, 2013, according to a Feb. 16 statement from the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS). Although a new date hasn't been announced, you can take advantage of the extra time to ensure your practice has all of its preparations in place for the new coding and documentation requirements. Continue your training with this look at how coding for history of malignant colon neoplasm is expected to change.With ICD-9-CM, you currently code personal history of colorectal cancer with V10.05 (Personal history of malignant neoplasm of large intestine).ICD-10-CM difference: The ICD-10-CM code set includes Z85.038 (Personal history of other malignant neoplasm of large intestine) instead of V10.05. Bearing the same descriptor, except for the word "other" added in ICD-10-CM, you should regard Z85.038 the same way [...]
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