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ICD-9 Update:

Your Non-Specific Transfusion Coding Hinges on Looking Here

Published on Sat Jul 25, 2009

Track data with these new poisoning codes, too. You can stop lumping multiple conditions under one code. ICD-9 2010 lets you provide more specific information to monitor health statistics -- and that's a good thing. Let our experts show you how the following ICD-9 modifications might change the way you code, or the way physicians code based on the information that your lab provides. Watch for Transfusion Reaction Index Changes ICD-9 2010 has no new codes for transfusion reactions -- but look for a change in the index that will alter how you use existing codes. Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH, proposed transfusion reaction code changes (such as adding 999.87, Other specified transfusion reaction) on behalf of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The goal was to separate ABO incompatibility reactions from minor antigen reactions. An alternate proposal was to reindex minor antigen reaction terms to 999.89 (Other transfusion reaction), from [...]
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