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ICD-10-CM added several new codes for fiscal year 2019 to chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-09A) under subcategory O86 Other puerperal infections. To use these codes, you now need to know the depth of the post-procedural surgical site infection (SSI) and whether there is sepsis. The new SSI codes are: O86.00 Infection of […]
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Obstetric panel code 80081 is identical to 80055, with one exception: 80081 includes HIV testing. Required components for both codes include: Blood count, complete (CBC), and automated differential WBC count (85025 or 85027 and 85004) OR Blood count, complete (CBC), automated (85027) and appropriate manual differential WBC count (85007 or 85009) Hepatitis B surface antigen […]
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