AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1992 First Quarter; Corrections

AHA ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook

Please note that there is a correction to page 188 of AHA ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook, 1991 revision. The next to the last sentence in the second paragraph of the section on debridement should read: Excision debridement is performed by the physician only, but the fact that the procedure is performed by a physician does not of itself indicate that it is an excisional debridement. ...

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