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Get Specifics About Pacemaker Adjustments for ICD-10 Success

Published on Thu Oct 17, 2013

Hint: Z45 family will draw lines between battery and other parts. When your anesthesia provider is called into a case involving pacemaker adjustments, you currently have three diagnosis choices based on the device involved. You’ll need to gather more details from the cardiologist for ICD-10 coding, however, to ensure you submit the correct diagnosis. ICD-9 includes the following choices for [...]
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