THE ELDERLY. AGAINST HIGH. HEALTH CARE COSTS. by Thomas Rice and Jon Gabel. Prologue: The grim spectacle of Americans being financially. devastated by a long and serious illness is a poignant reminder of. the rougher edges of American capitalism.
Other ectopic pregnancy. 1  O00.8 is a billable ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2  Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes. Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes. 2  This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O00.8. 3  Other international ICD-10 versions may differ.
1 ICD-9-CM codes are required under HIPAA for reporting patients' conditions in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Codes are made up of three, four, or five numbers and a description.  Two volumes of ICD-9-CM are used for diagnostic coding: the Tabular List (Volume 1) and the Alphabetic Index (Volume 2). The Alphabetic Index is used first in the process of finding a code. It contains an index of all the diseases that are classified in the Tabular List.