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ICD-10-CM 2019:

Master New Infection Code Options for Wound, Appendix, Gallbladder

Published on Mon Sep 10, 2018

Remember the ‘X’ placeholder. If you code for a pathology practice or clinical laboratory, you know that just about any diagnosis might cross your desk. That’s because the testing your clinicians perform might aid in the identification of myriad medical conditions. Hopefully you read last month’s “Mark Changes for Coding Neoplasms, Metabolic Disorders, and More” in Pathology/Lab Coding Alert Vol. [...]
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