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ICD-10:

719.4x Expands to More Joint Pain Options with M25.5- -

Published on Thu Oct 13, 2011

Get ready for 7-digit specificity explaining sites of pain.When your physician evaluates and treats patients for joint pain, you have numerous code choices under ICD-9 for diagnosis 719.4x (Pain in joint) based on anatomic site. Code specificity will move from five to seven digits when ICD-10 becomes effective in October 2013. ICD-10 basics: Currently, ICD-9-CM lists all anatomic sites for joint pain in the same fifth-digit category (719.4x). ICD-10 changes that by listing code options for pain in some joints as M25.5x (Pain in joint); you'll find the rest at M79.6x (Other soft tissue disorders; pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes). The new codes in ICD-10 also have fifth and sixth character options for more specificity. The choices for M25.5-- are as follows: M25.50 -- Pain in unspecified joint M25.51 -- Pain in shoulder M25.52 -- Pain in elbow M25.53 -- Pain in wrist M25.55 -- Pain in hip M25.56 -- Pain in knee [...]
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