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ICD-10 Codes for Back Pain
Back pain can result from injury, activity and some medical conditions. It can affect people of any age, for different reasons. Most Commonly used
ICD-10 Codes for Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive heart failure, occurs when your heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. Commonly used ICD-10 Codes for Congestive Heart Failure.
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ICD-10 Codes for Headache
Headache is a symptom of a disease that can activate the pain-sensitive nerves of the head. Most commonly used ICD-10 Codes for Headache.
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ICD-10 Codes for Low Back Pain
Most acute low back pain is mechanical in nature, meaning that there is a disruption in the way the components of the back (the
ICD-10 Codes for Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus (purulent
Top 50 Urology ICD-10 Codes
Urology is the field of medicine that focuses on diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive tract.
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ICD-10 Codes for Anemia
Anemia happens when you do not have enough red blood cells. The cells travel with iron and hemoglobin, which is a protein that helps
ICD-10 Codes for COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, refers to a group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing-related problems.
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ICD-10 Codes for UTI
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are infections of the lower urinary tract (the urethra or the bladder).
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Check NCDs for Medical Necessity Code Changes
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