Estheticians (sometimes referred to as aestheticians) are licensed professionals who are experts in maintaining and improving skin. An esthetician's general scope of practice is limited to the epidermis (the outer layer of skin).
2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 385.21. Impaired mobility of malleus. 1  Short description: Ankylosis malleus. 2  ICD-9-CM 385.21 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 385.21 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. 3  You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 385.21. 4  More recent ...
Laterality: This is a new guideline as bilateral codes do not exist in ICD-9-CM, but in ICD-10-CM, some codes contain laterality in the code. The guideline state that if no bilateral code exists and the condition is bilateral, two codes must be assigned (one for right and one for left) to report the complete condition. For example, a patient has bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The codes for carpal tunnel syndrome do not include a bilateral code.