ICD-9 Updates for 2011

DAVID STERN, MD (Practice Velocity) Updates to the ICD-9 code set went into effect October 1, 2010. There will be one more regularly scheduled ICD-9 update on October 1, 201, the vastly larger ICD-10 code set is scheduled to take effect. The following are changes that are of particular interest to us in the urgent care field: New code to specify post-traumatic seizures: When a patient experiences seizure(s) as a result of a head injury, …

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