One New ICD-9-CM Code Emerges from the Freeze



New, deleted, and revised ICD-9-CM codes are included every year in the annual update to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). Only one new ICD-9-CM code describing new technology has been added to the code set for this year, effective October 1, 2012: procedure code 00.95 (Inje....