Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert
ICD-10 Crosswalk
Published on Fri Feb 11, 2011
Once ICD-10 is implemented, the diagnosis codes in the above story will be different. Check out this crosswalk tor diagnoses related to toe fractures: ICD-9: ICD-10:
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