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ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS are updated yearly in October?

aspiration pneumonia [BLANK-1]

idiopathic dystonia [BLANK-1]

otitis externa [BLANK-1]

Tremor [BLANK-1]

cholesteatoma, left ear [BLANK-1]

ICD-10-CM stands for International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification; and consists of diagnosis codes.

Materials such as sutures and ligatures require the coder to code for device as a part of the procedure code because they remain in/on the patient after the procedure is complete. 

Even when the Index provides a seven-character code next to the Index entry, the coder must examine that code in the appropriate code Table to verify the complete code has been provided.