DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2017 Issue 4 (April)

Proposed ICD-10-CM code changes put a lot of skin in the game

You’ll have a manageable set of diagnosis code changes on Oct. 1 — a total of 406 new, revised and deleted codes — and providers who code non-pressure chronic ulcers will receive the bulk of the new codes in the form of 72 new diagnoses that fill in the blanks for ulcers without evidence of necrosis.

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