AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes

Observation

The Excludes1 note at category Z03, Encounter for medical observation for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out, referring “newborn observation for suspected condition, ruled out,” to categories P00-P04 has been deleted. A new Excludes1 note has been added to refer such cases to category Z05, Encounter for observation and evaluation of newborn for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out. Although the new Excludes1 note only includes subcategory Z05.0- in the parenthetical, it is clear that it should apply to all the codes in category Z05 as the note matches exactly the title of category Z05, &ldquo...

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