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Zero In on ICD-10 Flu Diagnosis

Question: How can we report the diagnosis of swine flu influenza in ICD-10-CM? Ohio Subscriber Answer: For swine flu influenza, look to ICD-10-CM code category J09 (Influenza due to certain identified influenza viruses). Report influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus using (J09._), which also requires a fifth digit to further identify any manifestations. This subcategory of codes includes avian influenza, [...]
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