HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2017 Issue 32 (August)

New ICD-10-CM codes bring changes to documentation, coding

August 8th, 2017

James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS, says that with the news codes available October 1, coders will face significant changes in documentation and coding practices. He discusses some of the additional new codes, including type 2 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis and pulmonary hypertension.

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