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ICD-10:

Watch for This Change to Otosclerosis Descriptors in 2015

Published on Tue Aug 19, 2014

‘Bilateral’ addition will be only difference in new codes.   “Otosclerosis” is the term for an abnormal bone growth in the middle ear that causes hearing loss because the eardrum can’t vibrate in response to sound waves.  ICD-9 has several diagnosis codes for otosclerosis, all in code family 387.x (Otosclerosis). The complete codes are:  387.0 – Otosclerosis involving oval window [...]
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