AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema

Effective October 1, 2005, new codes have been created to separately identify the various stages of nonproliferating diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema. In addition to these new codes, the inclusion terms diabetic macular edema and diabetic retinal edema that had been included under code 362.01 have been deleted. A new code 362.07, Diabetic macular edema, that includes diabetic retinal edema, has become effective. A special note is provided at code 362.07 that states code 362.07 cannot be used without one of the codes for diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic macular edema is only present with diabetic...

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