DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2013 Issue 6 (June)

Transition to ICD-10: You won’t have to code external cause unless payer requires it, CMS clarifies

Critics of ICD-10 diagnosis codes love to make fun of some of the sillier external cause codes — W59.22 (Struck by turtle) is a favorite. But CMS recently claimed in an email to providers that you won’t be required under ICD-10 rules to report these highly descriptive codes.

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