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ICD-10 Update:

Look For Easy Crossover to J82 For Pulmonary Eosinophilia

Published on Fri May 31, 2013

Hint: Pulmonary infiltrates NOS should be reported with a different code as in ICD-9. When your pulmonologist diagnoses pulmonary eosinophilia, you’ll have to check out whether the causative factor is extrinsic or intrinsic as ICD-10 codes have specific diagnosis codes based on the etiology unlike what is currently followed using ICD-9 coding system. ICD-9: When your pulmonologist makes a diagnosis [...]
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