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Coding and compliance: Are you on the edge without a net? |
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Some of the sneakiest rules in ICD-9-CM coding that get implemented each year do not involve new codes at all. Rather, these sneaky rule changes are simply changes made in the ICD-9-CM Alphabetical Index directing the coder to report some condition in a manner that’s different from how coders had been directed to report it in the past—and it’s not due to the creation of a new code. It’s just a change in the way the ICD-9-CM folks have decided they want a condition coded. |
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