The fiscal year 2021 update to the ICD-10-CM code set introduced new codes to describe cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as a cytokine storm. A version of this article was first published ...

WASHINGTON – Complex rehab technology (CRT) stakeholders were pleasantly surprised when CMS recently removed the ICD-10 ...

An ectopic pregnancy is reported using an ICD-10-CM code from category O00.- (ectopic pregnancy), which is divided into five subcategories. A version of this article was first published January 15, ...

In a recent “Talk Ten Tuesday” webinar sponsored by ICD10monitor, Peggy Hapner, manager of the health information management consulting division at MedLearn; Dee Lang, vice president of produce ...

In the weeks following the ICD-10 go-live on Oct. 1, many providers reported minimal to no disruptions. Now, however, after the new codes have been in place for seven months, a recent survey conducted ...

On October 1, 2014, a new version of diagnosis coding -- the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) [1]-- goes into effect. A significant change for ...

No two patients are the same. Furthermore, therapists know well that no two patients with dementia are ever the same. We have long awaited greater specificity in coding for the persons we serve daily ...

On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will add another 5,500 codes to the ICD-10 diagnostic library, officials announced in a March 9 meeting. The addition will come exactly one ...

On October 1, 2014, all health plans, health data clearinghouses, and health care providers that transmit health information electronically must use a new, significantly broader, coding system, called ...

If you think you can wait until 2013 to evaluate your system processes and work protocols for the ICD-10 implementation, think again! The ICD-10 implementation doesn’t mean you simply need to purchase ...