CHW – stewardship graphs

The effective date is October 1, 2014. All bills submitted on or after 10/1/2014 must have ICD-10 codes assigned. How is ICD-10 different than ICD-9? ICD-10 CM (diagnosis) codes will utilize 3-7 characters as opposed to the ICD-9 CM, with 3-5 characters. The number of ICD-10 codes is approximately 68,000 versus 13,000 for ICD-9 CM. ................
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