| Still sticking to generic neuroendocrine cancer | | | | will do away with 239.8 (Neoplasms of unspecified |
| codes? If so, your claims will lack ICD-9’s | | | | nature; other specified sites). |
| specificity requirement. Try to avoid this. | | | | •239.81 -- Neoplasms of unspecified nature, |
| Most of the ICD-9 2010 changes expand disease | | | | retina and choroid |
| subcategories to provide more specific | | | | •239.89 -- other specified sites. |
| descriptions. Getting new diagnosis codes that | | | | • Gear up to use two new, more specific |
| provide additional specificity can certainly be a plus | | | | codes for endometrial endometrial hyperplasia. |
| point for coding accuracy. The following changes | | | | ICD-9 2010 adds the following codes: |
| effective October 1 will certainly help you avoid | | | | • 621.34 -- Benign endometrial hyperplasia |
| this error. | | | | • 621.35 -- Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia |
| • ICD-9 2010 comes up with six new diagnosis | | | | (EIN). |
| codes that describe Merkel cell carcinoma, an | | | | To keep pace with these new codes and get |
| aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer that tends | | | | more insight on pathology coding updates, go for |
| to grow quickly and may metastasize at an early | | | | pathology coding conferences. In fact there are |
| stage. Such spefice codes for Merkel cell | | | | medical coding conferences coming up where you |
| wasn’t there before this. | | | | can head to and get to know about all the ICD-9 |
| • The ICD-9 committee stated that 209.30 is | | | | 2010 changes affecting your specialty amongst a |
| not appropriate for Merkel cell carcinoma of | | | | host of other information. |
| unknown site. If the primary site in unknown, | | | | Orlando, FL is one place which will be of immense |
| you’ll have to take your coding hunt to | | | | benefit to you, what with medical coding |
| 209.75. | | | | conferences slated for the year end. |
| • Go for 239.89 instead of 239.8. ICD-9 2010 | | | | |