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ICD-10-CM Code for Birth injury to scalp, unspecified P12.9

ICD-10 code P12.9 for Birth injury to scalp, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period .

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Birth injury to scalp, unspecified

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[URL='https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2013/0500/p12.html']Sounds like TCM to me. (click here)[/URL]... [ Read More ]
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physical exams and well woman exams
[QUOTE="valerie848, post: 315598, member: 81552"] "PCP - CPE (Annual Wellness Visit) Age appropriate preventative code w/ ICD9 codes - V70.0 OB - WWE (Well Woman Exam) Appropriate E/M code (99212 ... [ Read More ]
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[b]Cpe/wwe[/b] "And just for future reference, how do you handle billing for an annual gyn exam or a CPE if the pt went to another provider for one or the other in the same year? I seem to remember a... [ Read More ]
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