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Procedure Practice 09/15/00 - Feature Articles 09/15/00
   

Procedure Practice 09/15/00:
Coding Recommendations
 

Listed below are the ICD-9-CM codes that we think apply to the examples listed on our Procedure Practice page. If you disagree with our suggestions or have other comments, please send us an e-mail.

Please understand, however, that we cannot answer inquiries
unless they relate directly to our published material.

 

Suggested Codes

Example 1:     558.3
 

Example 2:     372.81
 

Example 3:     727.83
 

Example 4:     V58.83
 

Example 5:     285.29
 

Example 6:     V82.81
 

Example 7:     007.5
 

Example 8:     645.23
 

Example 9:     493.92
 

Example 10:    600.1
 

Procedure Practice 09/15/00 - Feature Articles 09/15/00
   

Bibliography - References:
Federal Register, May 5, 2000
Health Care Finance Administration Web Site: www.hcfa.gov : ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting notes from 11/12/99, 5/13/99, 11/2/98 and 6/4/98.		 Notice: This part of our web site was prepared to assist in understanding and maintaining good coding skills. For proper use of this feature, reference must be made to official coding guidelines when necessary. The information here presented is only to be used as a supplement to those guidelines. Laguna Medical Systems, Inc., makes no representations or guarantees as to amounts that will be paid by Medicare or other third party payers.

 

Please be aware that the Coding Edge® Archive pages are NOT retroactively updated
to reflect possible coding rules and regulation changes made after the publishing date.