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ICD-10:

Check These Visual Disturbances Dx Changes

Published on Wed Aug 12, 2015

Tip: Some codes ranges have been expanded to show laterality. Like many of the current diagnosis code sets, the range of codes describing visual disturbances is set to expand considerably once ICD-10 takes effect on Oct. 1 of this year. Some of the ICD-9 codes in the 368.xx range (Visual Disturbances) will just get a one-to-one translation in ICD-10. Example: [...]
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