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ICD-9 CODING QUIZ:

Assess Your 2010 Diagnosis Coding Skills.

Published on Sat Aug 22, 2009

October 1 is just around the corner, and that means you'll soon need to be up and running with the latest ICD- 9 changes. Time-saver: This quiz on the new codes will help you determine whether you're on the right track, or if you need to work on your 2010 diagnosis coding know-how. Know Neuroendocrine Codes Question 1: Your surgeon sees a patient with a personal history of a malignant neuroendocrine tumor, which affects the surgeon's medical decision making for treatment. To support the higher-level medical decision making, what ICD-9 2010 diagnosis code will you report? A. V10.90 B. V10.91 C. V53.50 D. All of the above. Answer 1: B. The Oct. 1 changes add several "personal history of " codes. If your doctor sees a patient with a history of a malignant neuroendocrine tumor, you'll use V10.91(Personal history of malignant neuroendocrine tumor). This new personal history code will allow [...]
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