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ICD-10 Coding

ICD-10 Coding

Aftercare codes

3 Examples for Using the 2025 Aftercare ICD-10-CM Codes

Assigning the right diagnosis codes can be challenging enough, and when you add aftercare encounters to the mix, things may get even more difficult. Coders who have a firm grasp of how to use the aftercare codes have a distinct advantage in collecting for follow-up visits after an acute illness has resolved. Check out three […]
Icd-10-cm guidelines

Prep for These 2025 Changes to the ICD-10-CM Guidelines

You’ve got less than a month to prepare for the new diagnosis codes. And while you’re committing them to memory, it’s also important to familiarize yourself with the 2025 ICD-10-CM Guidelines. Just as the codes are updated every October 1st, so are the guidelines, which provide instructions on sequencing, submitting secondary codes and other important […]
New icd-10 codes for 2025

Hypoglycemia, Obesity Among New ICD-10-CM Codes for 2025

If you’ve been feeling stifled by the lack of specificity among diagnosis codes for conditions like obesity, sepsis, hypoglycemia and more, you’re in luck. CMS has released the diagnosis code updates, which will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2024, and the new ICD-10 codes for 2025 include options describing those conditions. There are over […]
New icd-10-cm codes

CMS Proposes Over 200 New ICD-10-CM Codes for 2025

If you’re hungry for a new crop of diagnosis codes, you may be in luck this October, assuming the newly-proposed diagnosis codes become actual, finalized new ICD-10-CM codes. Background: On April 10, CMS released the FY2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for 2025, and tucked within the rule was a file sharing the […]
ICD-10-CM

4 New External Cause ICD-10-CM Code Sets to Know for 2024

The 2024 ICD-10-CM codes — which took effect on Oct. 1 —include nearly 450 changes, with many of the new codes slotted into chapter 20, which describes external causes of illness or injury. While not all payers require the use of these codes, they can absolutely help you paint a clearer picture of why a service […]
New icd-10 codes for 2024

Osteoporosis, Parkinson’s Among New ICD-10-CM Codes for 2024

If you’ve been feeling stifled by the lack of specificity among diagnosis codes for conditions like osteoporosis, retinopathy, Parkinson’s disease or congenital malformations, you’re in luck. CMS has released the ICD-10-CM codes for 2024, which will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2023, and they include new codes describing those conditions. There are over 350 […]
ICD-10 Z codes

Clearly Describe Patients’ Conditions With NEW ICD-10 Z Codes

If your practice is like most, you’ve been busily working to add the 2023 ICD-10-CM codes to your electronic health records and superbills to prepare for the Oct. 1, 2022 implementation date. But one area that many practices may not have spent much time absorbing involves the ICD-10 Z codes that are new this year. […]
ICD-10-CM guidelines

Aced the New ICD-10 Codes? Now Master Guideline Changes

You’ve got less than a month before you must start using the 2023 ICD-10-CM codes, but just as importantly, Oct. 1 is also the deadline for you to start following the 2023 ICD-10-CM Guidelines, and you’ll find major updates to those rules hitting next month. Here’s what they are: The ICD-10-CM Guidelines provide instructions for […]
ICD-10-CM coding guideline

Correctly Apply 2022 ICD-10-CM Changes Before Oct. 1st Deadline

You only have a few weeks to fully implement the 2022 ICD-10-CM coding guideline changes by the October 1st deadline. ICD-10-CM coding guideline. It is essential that you apply the 2022 outpatient diagnosis code updates correctly the first time. Failure to do so can lead to denied claims and a halt to your reimbursement. Not to mention the […]
2021 ICD-10 Code Updates

2021 ICD-10 Code Updates: Speed Pay for Headache, Abuse, Eye Claims

It’s that time of year again — while summer temps rise, CMS looks towards fall with the release of the 2021 ICD-10-CM code changes. You’re up to your neck dealing with all things COVID, so you may have missed the release — but don’t let that catch you off guard come October 1st. Collecting every […]