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ICD-10:

187.8 Scatters in Diagnosis Code-Set Transition

Published on Tue Sep 09, 2014

Distinguish penis, other male genital organs for overlapping sites. You won’t find a direct crosswalk for 187.8 (Malignant neoplasm of other specified sites of male genital organs) when ICD-10 goes into effect on Oct. 15, 2015.  Read on to learn how you can take full advantage of more-specific code options when you make the transition from ICD-9 next year. ‘Other [...]
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