Archives for August 2014

Pecked By a Parrot. Oh No, Not Again!

When we first implemented ICD-10, we all had a lot of fun with the ICD-10-CM external cause codes. But, do we need to use them? The answer to that is no according to the official guidelines and yes if your payers require them. Here is what the official ICD-10-CM guidelines say, “There is no national […]

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Archives for August 2014

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