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ICD-10:

Prep Now for New Pneumonia Diagnosis Code

Published on Wed Jan 15, 2014

Starting this October, you’ll be required to report J18.9 for pneumonia. Although your pediatric practice has grown accustomed to reporting a code from the 486 series for patients with pneumonia, that will change dramatically in October, when you’re required to start billing under the ICD-10 system. ICD-9 Coding Rules: Currently, the ICD-9-CM code set provides one diagnosis code for pneumonia [...]
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