tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2009 Issue 11

ICD-9 2010: Master New Poisoning Codes by Learning Antidepressant Types

Come Oct. 1, say goodbye to catch-all 969.0 code. ICD-9 2010 contains several new additions to the poisoning by antidepressant code set. Avoid tainting your claims with invalid diagnoses: check out this list of new poisoning diagnoses, which will take effect on Oct. 1. ID Drug Type With 5th-Digit Options Until Oct. 1, you should continue to code poisoning by any antidepressant with 969.0 (Poisoning by psychotropic agents; antidepressants); when ICD-9 2010 begins, however, this coding subset will explode with these new options: • 969.00 -- Poisoning by antidepressant; unspecified • 969.01 -- ... monoamine oxidase...

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