tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 32

ICD-10 Prep: Enjoy Distinct Reporting Options For Hemothorax Next Year

Hint: Use same ICD-10 code if the diagnosis is hemopneumothorax. When your physician diagnoses hemothorax, you’ll be pleased to know that there is a very specific code for this condition in ICD-10 code unlike the generalized code that you have been using in ICD-9. ICD-9: You currently report a diagnosis of hemothorax with 511.89 (Other specified forms of effusion, except tuberculous), and you use the same diagnosis code if your pulmonologist diagnoses other types of effusion that do not have a specific code. In addition to using 511.89 for a diagnosis of hemothorax, you also report...

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