Primary and Secondary ICD 10 Z codes used for Neoplasm

Primary and Secondary ICD 10 Z codes used for Neoplasm

ICD 10 codes has increased lot of complication for medical coders. Since, ICD 10 is very different from ICD 9, the use of these codes has created lot of problem.  Still there are lot of ICD 10  coding errors done by medical coders. Most of the errors are happening in coding Z codes, due to increase in number and specificity of ICD 10 codes. Z codes are used in place of V codes in ICD 9. Also, the sequencing of Z codes is a big issue for coders. There are…

Read More