Pathology coding: ICD-9 2010 changes to provide more specificity

Still sticking to generic neuroendocrine cancer codes? If so, your claims will lack ICD-9’s specificity requirement. Try to avoid this. Most of the ICD-9 2010 changes expand disease subcategories to provide more specific descriptions. Getting new diagnosis codes that provide additional specificity can certainly be a plus point for coding accuracy. The following changes effective October 1 will certainly help you avoid this error. • ICD-9 2010 comes up with six new

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