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, ...

ICD-10-CM coding can be challenging for coders in the outpatient setting. It is important to remember that the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide a road map to ensure ...

On Oct. 1, 2013, ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) and ICD-10-PCS (procedural coding system) will be implemented into the HIPAA mandated code, increasing the number of codes from around 13,600 under ...

A small adjustment to how artificial intelligence (AI) systems assign diagnosis codes could help physicians save time, cut down on billing errors, and improve patient records, according to new ...

Five top challenges of ICD-10 have been outlined by PatientKeeper, a data management system for physicians, at their User Group Conference for financial applications in Denver, Colo. The conference, ...

And of course, add another code to describe the stage of the chronic kidney disease. A coder may assume a causal relationship between hypertension and chronic kidney disease, but may not assume a ...

Injuries to the eye are coded in chapter 19. Unlike the ICD-9 code book, the injury chapter in ICD-10 is not organized by type of injury. Rather, it is organized anatomically, and then by type of ...

For ICD-10 changes this year, the devil's in the details. When ICD-10 was first implemented on Oct. 1, 2015, it was a nail-biting flip of the switch and then a sigh of relief when denials didn't mount ...