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ICD-10:

152 Crosswalks to C17 for Malignant Small Intestine

Published on Wed Aug 07, 2013

Expect most details to remain the same. When your pathologist examines a small intestine specimen and assigns a malignant neoplasm diagnosis, the coding change should be simple when ICD-10 goes into effect Oct. 1, 2014. That’s because you’ll find a nearly perfect one-to-one crosswalk from ICD-9 to ICD-10 for this condition. Learn the Codes Currently, you should report malignant neoplasm [...]
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