Drug-Coated Stents May Get ICD-9 Code In Time For Cypher Approval In 2003
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Drug-eluting coronary stents are likely to receive a unique ICD-9-CM code in time for the first FDA approval of the devices, expected by Johnson & Johnson/Cordis in 2003
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