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ICD-10 Update:

Upgrade Your Duodenal Ulcers Reporting

Published on Wed Oct 30, 2013

Obstruction will no longer guide your choice of right codes. When reporting duodenal ulcers in ICD-9, you have been guided by three key parameters. “Bleeding, perforation, and obstruction are currently the guide to report for ulcers,” says Alicia Scott, CPC, CPC-I, Education Director, CodingCertification.Org. Adjust your focus to perforation and hemorrhage to arrive at the proper ICD-10 code. Your physician [...]
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