Pulmonology Coding Alert

ICD-10 Update:

Identify Suberosis Diagnosis With J67.3 in ICD-10

Hint: Use same diagnosis code if your clinician diagnoses cork-handler’s disease. When your pulmonologist diagnoses suberosis, a form of extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA), you’ll be pleased to know that there is a straight-forward transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 set of codes with similar set of inclusions and exclusions for the two codes. ICD-9: When your pulmonologist diagnoses suberosis, you’ll have [...]
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