The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - in conjunction with the National Center for Health Statistics - has issued a new International Classification of Disease (9th Edition) code for the Application and Administration of an Adhesion Barrier for the Prevention of Adhesions. To read about the ICD-9 Procedural Code 99.77: enter: http://www.adhesions.org/ and click: Patient Advocacy. This new code will finally give the CMS a way of tracking the application of an adhesion barrier for the prevention of adhesions.
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