707.03 - Pressure ulcer, lower back | ICD-10-CM.
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AnswerICD-10 Equivalent of 707.03
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use the following three equivalent ICD-10-CM codes, which are an approximate match to ICD-9 code 707.03:
Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 707.03
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
Not Valid for Submission
707.03 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of pressure ulcer, lower back. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
Convert 707.03 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Information for Medical Professionals
References found for the code 707.03 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
Information for Patients
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ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
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