Economic Impact of the Opioid Epidemic: 55 billion in health and social costs related to. prescription opioid abuse each year1. 20 billion in emergency department and. inpatient care for opioid poisonings2. Source: Pain Med. 2011;12(4):657-67.1. 2013;14(10):1534-47.2.
1 S13.4XXA 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. 3  This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S13.4XXA. 4  Other international ICD-10 versions may differ.
Codes for pressure ulcers, BMI. Guidance in the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and Coding Clinic, fourth quarter 2008, that took effect on October 1, 2008, stated that coders can use documentation from nonphysicians to code pressure ulcer stage and body mass index (BMI). Following are the relevant codes: