As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code 173.71:
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
173.71 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma of skin of lower limb, including hip. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 173.7:
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 173:
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.