Primary Care Coding Alert
Short List of V Code Changes to ICD-9 2010
Published on Thu Nov 19, 2009
• V15.83 -- Personal history of underimmunization status • V20.31 -- Health supervision for newborn under 8 days old • V20.32 -- Health supervision for newborn 8 to 28 days old • V72.60 -- Laboratory examination, unspecified • V72.61 -- Antibody response examination • V72.62 -- Laboratory examination ordered as part of a routine general medical examination • V72.63 -- Pre-procedural laboratory examination • V72.69 -- Other laboratory examination.
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