Orthopedic Coding Alert

ICD-10 Coding:

Get Back to Basics for Cervical Disc Disorder Dx

‘Other’ cervical disc disorders call for M50.8-. Patients reporting to the practice with cervical disc disorders can be a pain in the neck for coders — at least when it comes to choosing an ICD-10 code for the condition. How? The disorder can be represented by a number of different base ICD-10 codes. The characters in each diagnosis are also [...]
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