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Look For One-To-One Match For Cerebral Cysts In ICD-10

Published on Wed Jun 24, 2015

Same code applies to porencepahly, both acquired and developmental. When your surgeon documents a diagnosis of cerebral cyst, there isn’t a chance you can miss the diagnosis code. You have just a single code that applies to cyst(s) of all types and located anywhere in the brain. It is reassuring to know that ICD-10 offers an equally easy single code. [...]
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