icd-10 code for diabetic folliculitis

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What is the ICD 10 code for folliculitis?

Folliculitis (superficial) L73.9 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L73.9 Follicular disorder, unspecified 201620172018201920202021Billable/Specific Code abscedens et suffodiens L66.3

What is the ICD 10 code for diabetes mellitus?

E08.3211 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition... E08.3212 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition... E08.3213 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition...

What is the ICD 10 code for diabetic foot ulcer?

Type 2 diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code E11.621 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

What is the ICD 10 code for juvenile diabetes mellitus?

ICD-10 Codes for Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes Type 1 diabetes mellitus: E10 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis: E10.1 …… without coma: E10.10

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What is the ICD-10 code for diabetes?

For gestational diabetes (diabetes that occurs during pregnancy) women should be assigned a code under the 024.4 subheading and not any other codes under the 024 category.

What Are ICD-10 Codes?

ICD-10 codes refer to the codes from the 10th Revision of the classification system. ICD-10 officially replaced ICD-9 in the US in October of 2015.

What type of diabetes code should be used for long term use?

The code for long-term use of insulin, Z79.4, should also be used in these cases (unless insulin was just given to the patient as a one-time fix to bring blood sugar under control).

Why did doctors switch to ICd 10?

The switch to ICD-10 was a response to the need for doctors to record more specific and accurate diagnoses based on the most recent advancements in medicine. For this reason, there are five times more ICD-10 codes than there were ICD-9 codes. The ICD-10 codes consist of three to seven characters that may contain both letters and numbers.

When to use unspecified ICD-10?

The “unspecified” codes can be used when not enough information is known to give a more specific diagnosis; in that case, “unspecified” is technically more accurate than a more specific but as yet unconfirmed diagnosis. For more guidelines on using ICD-10 codes for diabetes mellitus, you can consult this document.

Can diabetes be a ICd 9?

Here's a conversion table that translates the old ICD-9 codes for diabetes to ICD-10 codes. There weren’t as many codes to describe different conditions in the ICD-9, so you’ll notice that some of them have more than one possible corresponding ICD-10 code. Some are also translated into a combination of two ICD-10 codes (note the use of the word "and").

What is the ICD code for follicular disorder?

L73.9 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of follicular disorder, unspecified. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.

What is the infection of hair follicles?

Folliculitis is the infection and inflammation of one or more hair follicles. The condition may occur anywhere on the skin with the exception of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The rash may appear as pimples that come to white tips on the face, chest, back, arms, legs, and head. Specialty:

What is the approximate match between ICd9 and ICd10?

This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code L73.9 and a single ICD9 code, 706.9 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.

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