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Look for HPV Changes on October 1

Published on Wed Mar 05, 2014

Low risk gets its own code. When your lab reports positive results for human papilloma virus DNA testing, you’ll see some changes when ICD-10 goes into effect later this year. Look to Different Code Family Although ICD-9 lists HPV positive results in the same code family as abnormal Pap smears, that’s not the case for ICD-10. Currently, you list a [...]
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