ICD-10 Update:
Get Specific For Reporting Additional Complications of Herpes Zoster
Published on Mon Dec 29, 2014
Otitis externa is reported with a more generalized code choice. When reporting a diagnosis of herpes zoster, you have many codes from which to select, depending on the presence or absence of associated conditions or complications. You also have some non-specific code choices to report nervous system complications like encephalitis and meningoencephalitis and for ophthalmic complications like conjunctivitis and scleritis. [...]