Jul 27, 2015
More on ICD-10 & Coding
Can you pick the right ICD-10 family?
Let's just say it's better to get the diagnosis code right instead of counting on a yet to be defined definition of family.
Part of the deal the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made with the American Medical Association (AMA) is that Medicare won't reject ICD-10 claims as long as the code is in the correct family.
Michelle Leppert takes a look at who's family in the ICD-10 code set. Let's just say it's better to get the diagnosis code right instead of counting on a yet to be defined definition of family.
Get started by practicing these ICD-10 coding scenarios:
- So long urosepsis: Physicians will have to learn to live without the urosepsis diagnosis. (ICD-10 Trainer)
- Taking a Closer Look at the June ICD-10 Coding Challenge: How sex reassignment surgery is captured in ICD-10-PCS (3M ICD-10 coding challenge)
- ICD-10-CM/PCS – Part 54: Try these two coding exercises from Diseases of the Genitourinary System in Chapter 14. (Codebusters)
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