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Brace Yourself to Handle 3,651 New ICD-10-PCS Codes This October

Published on Mon May 16, 2016

Majority of code overhaul comes from the cardiovascular system. The ICD-10 codes are finally ready for updating, after a five-year ICD-10 classification system freeze. This October 1, 2016, the first set of ICD-10 annual updates shall be released. “Change seems to be the name of the game,” says Duane C. Abbey, PhD, president of Abbey and Abbey Consultants Inc., in [...]
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