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Check all records for documentation of right, left, or bilateral.
ICD-10 will bring code changes for every specialty, but cardiology will be especially affected. When your anesthesiologist participates in surgery to treat deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after October 2013, be prepared to choose from much more detailed diagnosis options.
Currently ICD-9-CM includes one code for DVT: 453.42 (Acute venous embolism and thrombosis of deep vessels of distal lower extremity). ICD-10 will expand to 12 choices:
