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Announcing Coding Changes For 2011 |
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30 Aug 2010
Announcing Coding Changes for 2011It's that time of year again - anticipated changes for coding professionals are being released.
ICD-9-CM changes are effective October 1, 2010. It is important to stay current to avoid claim denials.
Check our lists below to see if codes that you use might be on the deletion list. If they are on this list, there is most likely a new code that has been assigned. **These are not complete lists of all changes.** There are over 1,000 other changes which may affect the codes that you are currently using.
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With all these changes, staying compliant is more important that ever. See our page on ICD-9-CM products to order today! We are also taking orders for all other 2011 products!
DELETED ICD-9-CM Codes for 2011The following list of ICD-9-CM deleted codes sheds some light on a few of the changes that will be effective October 1, 2010.
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Deleted codes for 2011 - Numeric |
Deleted codes for 2011 - Alphabetic |
| 275.0 |
Disorders of iron metabolism |
| 276.6 |
Fluid overload |
| 488.0 |
Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus |
| 488.1 |
Influenza due to identified novel H1N1 influenza virus |
| 787.6 |
Incontinence of feces |
| 970.8 |
Poisoning by other specified central nervous system stimulants |
| 999.6 |
ABO incompatibility reaction |
| 999.7 |
Rh incompatibility reaction |
| E998 |
Body Mass Index 40 and over, adult |
| V85.4 |
Laboratory examination | |
| 999.6 |
ABO incompatibility reaction |
| V85.4 |
Body Mass Index 40 and over, adult |
| 275.0 |
Disorders of iron metabolism |
| 276.6 |
Fluid overload |
| 787.6 |
Incontinence of feces |
| 488.0 |
Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus |
| 488.1 |
Influenza due to identified novel H1N1 influenza virus |
| 970.8 |
Nervousness |
| 969.0 |
Poisoning by other specified central nervous system stimulants |
| 999.7 |
Rh incompatibility reaction | |
NEW ICD-9-CM Code Descriptions For 2011**These are not complete lists of all changes.** There are over 1000 other changes which may affect the codes that you are currently using. Our products are designed to keep you current and compliant. See our 2011 products for full information on new and deleted codes.
*This list is not complete listing of all new codes, just those that we thought would be more common or of general interest.
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Some New 2011 ICD-9 Code Descriptions |
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Abdominal aortic ectasia
ABO incompatibility with delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
Attention or concentration deficit
Body Mass Index 70 and over, adult
Cervical duplication
Childhood onset fluency disorder
Cognitive communication deficit
Do not resuscitate status
Hemochromatosis due to repeated red blood cell transfusions
Homicidal ideation
Hypoplasia of uterus
Influenza due to identified novel H1N1 influenza virus with pneumonia
Jaw pain
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed
Poisoning by cocaine
Post traumatic seizures
Psychomotor deficit
Retained glass fragments
Retained stone or crystalline fragments
Rh incompatibility with hemolytic transfusion reaction not specified as acute or delayed
Spinal stenosis, lumbar region, with neurogenic claudication
Triplet gestation, unspecified number of placenta and unspecified number of amniotic sacs | |
Deleted CPT® Codes for 2011CPT codes for 2011 includes 211 new codes, 110 deleted codes, 98 revised codes. These number do NOT include all the hundreds of other changes made throughout. A list of deleted codes will be available in Insta-Fee$ & Files and as an appendix reference in CPT® coding books for 2011. You can also find them in the online coding service Find-A-Code.com. Please note that these products also include information on new codes. There may be other codes or modifications which may be of interest to you.
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Deleted CPT® codes for 2011 - Alphabetic |
Deleted CPT® codes for 2011 - Numeric |
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