ICD-10-CM: V58.11 Finds Its Match in Z51.11

Immunotherapy finds a similarly clear counterpart in the new code set.

The ICD-9-CM code for a chemotherapy encounter, V58.11, may be one of your most used codes. But when ICD-10-CM becomes your new diagnosis code set in 2013, you'll have a new top code. Here are a few tips to help ease the way.

ICD-9-CM: Under ICD-9-CM 2012, your first-listed code when a patient presents solely for antineoplastic chemotherapy is V58.11 (Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy).

You choose a different code to indicate a visit for antineoplastic immunotherapy: V58.12 (Encounter for immunotherapy for neoplastic condition).

ICD-10-CM: The 2012 ICD-10-CM code set replaces V58.11 with Z51.11 [...]

- Published on 2012-01-17