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Navigate the New ICD-10 Code Set for Your Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis

Published on Tue Feb 25, 2014

Look for a one-to-one match for coal and asbestos. While ICD-10 will offer you some direct matches for pneumoconiosis, you will be mistaken if you believe it applies to all causative dusts. Here is a layout of new and extended coding options for pneumoconiosis that you can implement later this year. What is pneumoconiosis? Pneumoconiosis is a lung disease caused [...]
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