Coding Tip: Diagnosis Coding-Colon Polyps and History of Colon Polyps
In ICD-9-CM it was easy to code a colon polyp or history of colon polyp as there were only one or two codes to report unless malignancy was found. In ICD-10-CM that is not the case as there is such specificity for the type of polyp. What is seen most of the time documented in the records is hyperplastic polyps of the colon/rectum.
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