Orthopedic Coding Alert

ICD-10 2023:

Muscular Dystrophy Codes Highlight New Additions

Intraoperative/postprocedural complications get new codes, too. The final list for ICD-10 2023 is official — and it’s a doozy. Specifics: ICD-10 2023 will feature: 1,468 new codes, 251 deleted codes, 35 revised codes, and 36 codes converted to parent. That’s a lot to unpack, and there isn’t much time to do it. Remember, the effective date for ICD-10 2023 is [...]
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