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ICD-10 Update:

Standby for Smooth Sinusitis Code Transition in 2015

Published on Fri Oct 24, 2014

Recurrence of disease will be a major factor in deciding the code. When ICD-9 becomes ICD-10 in 2015, you may not have to worry much about the possible expansion of codes in sinusitis reporting as there is almost none. Sinusitis coding has a one-to-one walkover for almost all the ICD-9 codes. Background: Sinusitis is caused by the inflammation, or swelling, [...]
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