By Phernell Walker, II, BSB, ABOM
Sr. Eyefinity EHR Product Manager
Master in Ophthalmic Optics
ICD-10 is scheduled to replace ICD-9 on October 01, 2015. This affects every health care provider in the entire country, not just Eye Care Professionals (ECPS’s). Think of the significance of expanding the Diagnosis Code count from 14,000 plus codes to a staggering approximate 71,000 plus codes and growing. That’s definitely a monumental change. A great example of this exponential change is a basic singular diagnosis code such as myopia, is now expanded to 5 codes.
Example:
| ICD-9 | ICD-10 |
| 367.1 Myopia | H52.11 Myopia, right eyeH52.12 Myopia, left eye
H52.13 Myopia, bilateral H52.10 Myopia, unspecified eye
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| 365.11 Primary Open
Angle Glaucoma |
H40.11X0 POAG. Stage unspecified
H40.11X1 POAG, mild stage H40.11X2 POAG, moderate stage H40.11X3 POAG, severe stage H40.11X4 POAG, indeterminate stage
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