AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM NEW/REVISED CODES

Z Codes Update

Effective October 1, 2016, Z codes have been deleted and new Z codes have been created as noted below. Status Codes Z19.1, Hormone sensitive malignancy status, and Z19.2, Hormone resistant malignancy status, have been created to identify hormone sensitivity and resistant malignancy status. These codes are intended to be secondary diagnoses as the code for the malignant neoplasm should be coded first.  Codes in subcategory Z22.5, Carrier of viral hepatitis, which specifically identified carriers of unspecified viral hepatitis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other viral hepatitis have been deleted. Instead, carriers of viral hepatitis are...

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