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Pediatric Coding Updates:

Add Specificity to Newborn Sleep Apnea Coding With 2023 Changes

Published on Fri Jul 08, 2022

Learn the difference between CSA, OSA, and mixed sleep apnea. Among the hundreds of code changes in the 2023 ICD-10-CM code set are the conversion and expansion of newborn apnea and sleep apnea codes. Effective Oct. 1, 2022, the 2023 ICD-10-CM code set features new codes that offer greater specificity when reporting an infant’s sleep diagnoses. Appreciate an Apnea Refresher [...]
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