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543.9 Ruptures into Many More-Specific ICD-10 Appendix Codes

Published on Fri Jan 11, 2013

Go beyond ‘other’ and ‘unspecified’. When ICD-9 yields to ICD-10 in Oct. 2014, you’ll need to broaden the diagnosis code choices for your appendix pathology reports. In fact, you’ll find five, more-specific ICD-10 codes for appendix conditions that ICD-9 lumps under "other and unspecified" (543.9, Other and unspecified diseases of appendix), including concretions, diverticulum, and fistula. Get Familiar with K38 [...]
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