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ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

ICD-10:

Grace Period Expected to End in Oct. 2016, So Be Ready

Published on Tue Aug 23, 2016

Check out these new ED-related 2017 ICD-10 updates for emergency medicine The freeze on new ICD-10 codes has been lifted, and, as expected, there are a significant number of changes to ICD-10 for 2017. Overall, you’ll find 1,943 new codes, 422 revisions and 305 deletions. In addition to the end of the ICD-10 allowance that allows for flexibility in diagnosis [...]
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