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Code Update:

Look for New Diagnosis Codes That Can Help Specify Patient Status

Published on Mon Jul 13, 2020

 ICD-10-CM 2021 has a few revisions you might find handy. CMS has released diagnosis code changes for the 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM, effective Oct. 1, 2020. You’ll find a total of 730 changes: 613 new additions, 52 revisions, 26 deletions, and 39 existing diagnoses converted to parent codes. Some of the changes could affect your coding, especially those related to [...]
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