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Report This New ICD-10 Code to Round Out Peds Patient Handoff

Published on Mon Jul 11, 2022

Establish a policy to ensure a smooth transition. Change is inevitable, and for younger patients, one of those changes is transitioning from pediatric into adult medicine. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted an extensive list of ICD-10 changes set to take effect Oct. 1, 2022, and one particular new code, Z71.87 (Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counseling), [...]
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