tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 10

ICD-10: Update Laryngeal Cancer Coding This Fall

Change ‘other’ to ‘overlapping. Not much changes but the code number once you begin to report malignant larynx cancer with ICD-10 instead of ICD-9. You should be ready to make the change on October 1 of this year when the new code set goes into effect. Match-up: Here are the ICD-9 choices that you currently have for malignant larynx cancer: 161.0 — Malignant neoplasm of glottis 161.1 — Malignant neoplasm of supraglottis 161.2 — Malignant neoplasm of subglottis 161.3 — Malignant neoplasm of laryngeal cartilages 161.8 — Malignant neoplasm of other specified...

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