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ICD-10 Update:

Enjoy Distinct Reporting Options For Hemothorax

Published on Tue Sep 10, 2013

Hint: Use same ICD-10 code if the diagnosis is hemopneumothorax. When your pulmonologist diagnoses hemothorax, you’ll be pleased to know that there is a very specific code for this condition in ICD-10 code unlike the generalized code that you had to use in ICD-9. ICD-9:  You will currently report a diagnosis of hemothorax with 511.89 (Other specified forms of effusion, [...]
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