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Wiki E78.0 deleted?

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Restevez1989

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Hi,

Has ICD-10 Code E78.0 been deleted? And what has it been replaced with? I have been getting denials when using this ICD-10 code as primary DX.

Thanks
 
Effective October 1, 2016 E78.0 was revised. It is a subcategory and not valid as a code. Your software should have been updated for this and you should have had 2017 codebooks that show this change. There are mandatory 5th characters needed to complete this into a valid code. You will need to look it up to figure out which one you need.
 
mitchellde said:
Effective October 1, 2016 E78.0 was revised. It is a subcategory and not valid as a code. Your software should have been updated for this and you should have had 2017 codebooks that show this change. There are mandatory 5th characters needed to complete this into a valid code. You will need to look it up to figure out which one you need.
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Thanks for your help :)
 
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