Injury to esophagus with open wound into cavity (862.32)
ICD-9 code 862.32 for Injury to esophagus with open wound into cavity is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -INTERNAL INJURY OF THORAX, ABDOMEN, AND PELVIS (860-869).
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I have never heard of Magellan authorizing those codes.
What we use is listed below. Hope it helps.
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