Substance abuse disorder coding got more detailed options and clarifying notes in the 2018 version of ICD-10-CM. The good news is that now that we’re a few months in, you may have noticed that these changes helped bring your code choices more in line with current clinical practice. Here’s a refresher on how your code choices changed.
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The added specificity for substance abuse coding means better data collection from ICD-10-CM codes and more accurate information in the patient’s record, too. Specifically, …
Fri, Feb 23, 2018
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