ICD-10: Don’t Let Complications Complicate Your Hemorrhoid Dx Coding in 2013

Heads up: Single ICD-9 code spans to eight codes in ICD-10

When ICD-10 goes into effect in 2013, you will need to pay more attention to detail when reporting hemorrhoids. You should specifically look for the type of hemorrhoid as chossing the right code is principally based on the type of hemorrhoid i.e. internal, external or unspecified. So, you will need to know if the hemorrhoid is of internal or external type to correctly report it. When details about the type of hemorrhoid are not available you will need to report the condition under unspecified category.

In ICD-10 both hemorrhoids and [...]

- Published on 2012-01-20