ICD-9-CM Changes for Neoplasms & Glaucoma

With less than a month to go for ICD-9-CM 2012 codes to go into effect, now is the time to brush up on the latest coding options. This time, the spotlight's on expanded lip neoplasm and glaucoma options in addition to new codes for acute respiratory failure and other complications that result after surgery.

Now you will be able to pinpoint some stages more specifically.

While Neoplasm codes 173.0-173.9 will be axed and replaced by just-in fifth-digit choices - 173.00-173.99, Glaucoma codes expand to the fifth-digit level in order to differentiate the different stages. The just-in codes will be 365.70-365.74.

Since there will be much more spot on diagnosis choices when ICD-10 goes into effect in a couple of years time, these fifth digit expansions to codes will help coders and physicians start thinking in terms of more detailed diagnoses.

ICD 9 procedure codes for Gastric Band 

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Since anesthesiologists can find themselves absorbed in cases covering all surgical areas, you need to get acquainted with diagnosis changes for surgical procedures.

Get acquainted with just-in personal, family history choices

There are five new V codes that'll help your physician better indicate conditions a patient might have as part of her personal or family medical history. The just-in choices are:

Personal history of gestational diabetes - V12.21

Personal history of other endocrine, metabolic, and immunity disorders - V12.29

Personal history of pulmonary embolism - V12.55

Personal history of anaphylaxis - V13.81

Personal history of other specified diseases - V13.81

And as far as the revisions are concerned, when you go through the list of codes that have been revised, you'll find many migraine diagnosis listed. Although the descriptors are the same, the punctuation changes a little. Changed descriptors add a comma after the 'so stated' phrase in the fifth-digit '1' subclassification descriptor for each type of migraine mentioned.

ICD-9-CM codes: More Specificity for Neoplasm and Glaucoma Stages

Apart from new codes for acute respiratory failure and other complications after surgery, this time ICD-9-CM also brings five new V codes.

The ICD-9 Coordination and Maintenance Committee will implement a partial breeze of the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 codes before transitioning to ICD-10. On October 1 this year, the last regular, annual updates to both ICD-10 and ICD-9-CM code sets will be made. As such, you need to brush up on the latest code choices now.

Now you will have more choices for lip neoplasm and glaucoma

This year, you need to pay special attention to expanded lip neoplasm and glaucoma choices in addition to new codes for acute respiratory failure and other complications after surgery. In other words, when ICD-9-CM codes go into effect, you will be able to locate some neoplasms and glaucoma stages more specifically:

Neoplasm codes 173.0-173.9 will take the exit path and be replaced by just-in fifth-digit choices 173.00-173.99 while glaucoma codes will expand to the fifth-digit level in order to differentiate the different stages. The just-in codes will be 365.70-365.74.

Fifth digit expansions to codes: This will help coders and physicians start thinking in terms of more detailed diagnoses.

Apart from this, you also need to get familiar with diagnosis changes for surgical procedures since anesthesiologists can find themselves covering all surgical areas. Just-in ICD 9 procedure codes (surgical) choices include:

539.01-538.89

629.31

726.13

518.81, 518.83, 518.84, 518.51

New codes: ICD-9 2012 ( Source "http://www.supercoder.com/icd9-codes/") will provide you with five V codes to help your physician better indicate conditions a patient might have as part of her personal or family medical history. The new options will include V12.21, V12.29, V12.55, V13.81 and V13.89.


Revised codes: As far as the revised codes are concerned, there are many migraine diagnoses listed. The descriptors are the same, but then the punctuation changes to some extent. Revised descriptors add a comma after the ‘so stated’ phrase in the fifth-digit ‘1’ subclassification descriptor for each type of migraine noted