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ICD-10-CM Offers Direct Match for Anogenital Warts

Question: How do we report anogenital warts in 2015 when ICD-10-CM is implemented? Florida Subscriber Answer: When ICD-10-CM is implemented, you will submit diagnosis code A63.0 (Anogenital [veneral] warts) for the diagnosis of anogenital warts. This code is a direct match for the ICD-9-CM code 078.11 (Condyloma acuminatum). It is just the code descriptor that changes for ICD-10-CM. The terms condylomata acuminata, [...]
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