Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
ICD-10 Bridge
Published on Thu Jan 13, 2011
Once ICD-10 is implemented in 2013, the diagnosis codes in the above story will be different. Check out this crosswalk for the correct keratoconus diagnoses:
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