ICD-10-CM: 571.5 Crosses to a Trio of K74.- Codes

Watch documentation to find a better option than the ICD-10 NOS code.

When ICD-10-CM replaces ICD-9-CM on Oct. 1, 2013, finding a match for 571.5 (Cirrhosis of liver without alcohol) will take a bit of extra work. While most of the diagnoses you code under ICD-9 will cross directly to a matching ICD-10 code or well-defined range of codes, the corresponding [...]

- Published on 2012-02-02