The new code set regulations address usage for the following: Clinical Modifications (ICD-10-CM) Diagnosis Code Set Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) Procedure Coding System. ICD codes are used to ...

A key element of the data foundation of the United States' health care system will undergo a major transformation in 2014. So, what is the Big Deal on ICD-10? The buzz is that it is all troubling and ...

Healthcare professionals and ambulatory surgery centers nationwide will be slowly transitioning to the ICD-10 code set in attempts to meet the Oct. 1, 2014, deadline for implementation. Here are seven ...

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The agency also updated the 2021 ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to include two new guidelines. CMS recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2021 ICD-10-PCS code set, which ...

The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013. The new date gives providers, now using the ICD-9 code ...

Nobody needs to go to medical school to know that people have two ears. However, if physicians treat a patient with suppurative, or pus-discharging, otitis media, they don't have to specify left ear, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has released the long-awaited ICD-10 codes and extended the compliance date for adopting them from October 1, 2011 to October 1, 2013. The codes and ...

Providers are waking up to the need for ICD-10 education, but "one of worst mistakes [they] could make would be to get the training too early in the year," says one expert. The move to ICD-10 ...

ICD codes are used to classify diagnoses and inpatient procedures and are one of the fundamental elements of healthcare reimbursement. The conversion to the ICD-10 code sets represents a significant ...