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berenicecastro

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What changes made in ICD-10-CM affect the reporting of diabetes mellitus?
 
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What is a combination code?
 
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juwms

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: ICD-10-CM includes revised diabetes mellitus codes, and the 5th digits from ICD-9 will no longer be used.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A combination code is one code that describes conditions that frequently occur together. It is a single code used to classify two diagnoses.


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