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ICD-9 2012 Update:

Get Specific With New ICD-9 Cystostomy and Mesh Complication Codes in October

Published on Fri Jul 15, 2011

You'll be able to stop using unspecified fifth digits. While the next edition of ICD-9 Codes doesn't bring an abundance of new urology-related codes for you to learn, you'll be grateful for the ones it does add. Come Oct. 1, 2011, you'll have more specific codes to use when a patient has complications with a cystostomy or vaginal mesh. That's the news from recently posted proposed updates to the code set. If finalized, these codes will become effective Oct. 1, 2011. Here are the main proposals to watch in urology. The big picture: "These proposed diagnoses are good," says Michael A. Ferragamo, MD, FACS, clinical assistant professor of urology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. "They're going to be helpful." Add 4 New 596 Codes If you've been frustrated by having to use non-specific inflammation and complication codes,, when a patient has a problem with a [...]
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