AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2021 Issue 1; Correction Notices

Official Guideline for Coding and Reporting for Interbody Fusion Device B3.10c

Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2020, page 93, contained a typographical error. Modifications to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting were published using the following format:Narrative changes appeared in bold text (e.g., a more definitive root operation). Items underlined were moved within the guidelines since October 1, 2020 (e.g., control of acute bleeding). Deletions were shown as strikeouts (e.g., any of the definitive root operations). Unfortunately, the strikeouts were inadvertently omitted. The revised guideline B3.10c should have read as follows:• If an interbody fusion device is used to render the joint immobile (alone or containing...

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