Stream: terminology
Topic: Missing ICD-9-CM code
Jean Duteau (Aug 18 2020 at 04:49):
I'm trying to use the 410.90 ICD-9-CM code in an example and I'm getting an error that it's not valid. I'm assuming that just means this specific code isn't in tx.fhir.org?
Grahame Grieve (Aug 18 2020 at 05:38):
probably not. @Rob Hausam ?
Jean Duteau (Aug 18 2020 at 15:15):
This is just an example code so I'm more than willing to change it. That's why I went to tx.fhir.org to see if I could find what ICD-9 codes were there. Is there some way to find out what codes exist?
Rob Hausam (Aug 18 2020 at 16:25):
@Jean Duteau The codes that are supported should all be here - it's just a tiny fragment of the entire code system at the moment. And the problem (again) is that we don't have a good source for the complete code system - especially most of the leaf codes, which are the most important (i.e. billable) and aren't explicitly enumerated in the source files from CMS/NCHS (and would otherwise require writing quite non-trivial code to parse and extract or purchasing it from a commercial source).
Jean Duteau (Aug 18 2020 at 16:29):
Ha ha, those are all my transfusion codes I asked for earlier. :)
Rob Hausam (Aug 18 2020 at 16:29):
Yes, that seemed somewhat familiar when you asked. So feel free to ask for more.
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