ICD10:
You'll Still Have a Single Code for Hypertrophy of Adenoids, Come October
Published on Wed Jul 15, 2015
Current diagnosis 474.12 will make an easy shift. When your otolaryngologist diagnoses hypertrophy of adenoids, you have a single ICD-9 code to report: 474.12 (Hypertrophy of adenoids alone). Your code choice will be just as simple when ICD-10 becomes effective Oct. 1. ICD-10 option: The new diagnosis under ICD-10 will be J35.2 (Hypertrophy of adenoids). Another term that a physician [...]
