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Code These Chemo Drug Combinations Cautiously

Published on Tue Dec 27, 2022

Question: AAPC’s 2023 ICD-10-CM Expert “Appendix A: Z Codes for Long-term Use of Drugs” lists irinotecan as Z79.634 and Z79.64 and oxaliplatin as Z79.64 and Z79.630. Is the double code listing for each drug a typo? Or if not a typo, is there a way to tell which code to use when reading the medical notes? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: On Oct. [...]
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