ICD-9-CM Diagnosis: Changes for 2010

CD-9-CM for 2010 brings many code changes relative to urgent care coding. Several of these changes and updates are outlined below. It is still important to review the entire list of changes, so that your facility can maintain its profitability and compliance. These codes went into effect Oct. 1, 2009.

H1N1 Influenza Virus Codes

Changes for 2010 ICD-9-CM would seem incomplete without new codes for the H1N1 influenza virus. This disease that has kept the world taking special precautions this year not only has a name, but has been assigned its own ICD-9-CM code.

488.0 Avian Influenza Virus (A/H5N1)

488.1 Novel A/H1N1 Influenza Virus

Torus Fracture Coding

A torus fracture is a compression fracture of a long bone, usually in children. Buckle fracture is a common term for this type of injury. The fracture occurs usually near the metaphysis, the region of a growing bone between the epiphysis and diaphysis.

Diagnosis code 813.45 already exists for a torus fracture of the radius.

Two new codes have been added for 2010 to expand the torus fracture coding of the arm:

Torus fracture of the ulna (alone)

Torus fracture of the radius and ulna

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