What happens if a diagnosis appears in a medical record, but the ICD-9 code for that diagnosis is replaced?
The IMO® clinical term will remain active and be available for the physician to chose. The term’s mapping will change to the new and now correct ICD-9 code. The historical tags between the term and its prior ICD-9 code will stay in tact for historical purposes, but these connections become clinically inactive so that the old ICD-9-CM code can no longer be selected.
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