Category Archives: ICD-10
ICD-10-CM Changes for 2019 take effect on 10/1/18
The 2019 ICD-10-CM codes go into effect on October 1, 2018. There are 473 changes (279 new ICD-10 codes, 51 deleted codes, and 143 revised codes) to know, understand and begin using in a short time. This link contains a … Read Full Post
Borderline Diagnoses
When a provider writes that a diagnosis is borderline, many coders will query the physician before coding. However, the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting states that borderline diagnoses are not considered uncertain and that there is no distinction … Read Full Post
Combination Codes
One interesting and time-saving feature of ICD-10-CM codes is the combination code. Just like Burger King, McDonald’s and other fast food eateries, the world of coding has combos; the food-oriented ones save us money and the coding combos save us … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10
Your administrative staff has probably hounded you for years to improve your documentation. With the ICD-10 transition around the corner on October 1, 2014, clinician documentation will be more important than ever. The code sets from have expanded from 14, … Read Full Post
How is the ICD-10-CM Code Set Different from ICD-9-CM?
ICD-9 codes have between three and five characters, and with the exception of “V” and “E” codes, are exclusively numeric. The fourth or fifth character is utilized for greater specificity and combinations of diagnoses are coded separately. One example is … Read Full Post
ICD-10 Implementation is not just Doom and Gloom
Doomsday predictions certainly abound – Heaven’s Gate, Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse – and they all came and went with a fizzle. ICD-10 has its own group of “end of the healthcare world as we know it” zealots who predict catastrophe … Read Full Post
Coleman Consulting Group presents a webinar on the “Basics of ICD-10-CM Coding”.
Don’t be lulled by the extension granted by HHS for transition to ICD-10-CM. This is the biggest change to hit the medical coding world in over 30 years, and the experts predict that coders’ productivity will be severely impacted. This … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Four things doctors actually like about ICD-10
As you may already know, the largest complaint about the ICD-10 is that it is “complex and highly specific” with almost three times the number of codes than ICD-9. Although the 10th edition was introduced in 1992 and most developed … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Feeling Better About ICD-10
With all of the negative talk going around about the ICD-10 conversion, the author of this article puts forth reasons why ICD-10 will prove to be a good thing…eventually. Updates technology and specificity. ICD-9 was developed in 1979 and is now … Read Full Post
5010 – Much Ado about Nothing?
It seems like not a day goes by in healthcare without some gloomy prediction about the changes lurking on the horizon. The one causing the most stir at the moment is 5010. To understand “5010,” we first need to take … Read Full Post