tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2011 Issue 10

ICD-10: 728.86 to M72.6: Expect Direct Crosswalk for Necrotizing Fasciitis

Continue to add additional microorganism code.Converting your necrotizing fasciitis coding from ICD-9 to ICD-10 shouldn't be too complicated, barring ICD-10 changes before its implementation on Oct. 1, 2013. The two diagnosis coding systems provide a one-to-one crosswalk, as follows:ICD-9: 728.86 -- Necrotizing fasciitisICD-10: M72.6 -- Necrotizing fasciitis.Even the instruction to use an additional code to identify the infectious (causative) organism aligns from ICD-9 to ICD- 10, making your job that much easier.Organism Codes VaryOnce you get to the organism codes -- that's where the ICD-9 to ICD-10 one-to-one correspondence ends. Although many codes for...

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