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As Thanksgiving approaches and you prepare to gather with family, eat platefuls of turkey and delectable sides and perhaps avoid a thorny conversation about politics or another blood-boiling topic du jour, don't forget to consider your most amicable diagnosis coding set.
October is right around the corner. In addition to cooler nights and pumpkins that means it will be time to use the latest ICD-10-CM codes.

In light of Harvey, Irma and other major storms this season, CDC has issued updated coding guidelines for external cause coding due to a major storm.

Don’t automatically presume a link between two conditions within a combination code in cases when a guideline requires that link to be explicitly documented, the latest version of ICD-10-CM coding rules clarifies.

Use this ICD-10-CM conversion table to get ready for Oct. 1. 

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