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ICD-10:

Expand Documentation for AML

Published on Wed Mar 06, 2013

You’ll need more diagnostic information for HPC transplant patients. "Acute myeloid leukemia" (AML) and remission status isn’t all you’ll need to know for diagnosis coding once ICD-9 is gone. That’s because ICD-10, which goes into effect Oct. 1, 2014, provides far more granularity for reporting this common leukemia diagnosis. Old way: 205.0x Shows Just One AML For now, all transplant [...]
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