121 new ICD-9 codes set to be finalized Oct. 1 with no grace period
Anticipate and prepare for billing with new diagnosis codes for blood type incompatibility, multiple pregnancies, cognitive deficits and extreme obesity that will take effect Oct. 1, 2010. CMS has also proposed a new code to designate patients with a "do not resuscitate status."
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