ICD-9 2012: 282.4x Bulks Up Your Thalassemia Coding Options Starting October 1

Pancytopenia, CVC infections, and more land a spot in the update.

Although you can get a glimpse at ICD-9 updates each summer in CMS's proposed Inpatient PPS rule, ICD-9 can fit in plenty of changes before the new code set becomes official.

Check out the codes below, which weren't finalized in time to be included in the proposed rule, but are effective Oct. 1, 2011, all the same.

Is Your Documentation Up to the Thalassemia Challenge?

ICD-9 2012 will add six new codes for thalassemia:

• 282.40, Thalassemia, unspecified
• 282.43, Alpha thalassemia
• 282.44, Beta thalassemia
• 282.45, Delta-beta thalassemia
• 282.46, Thalassemia minor
• 282.47, Hemoglobin E-beta thalassemia. [...]
  
  - Published on 2011-10-10