Congress should recognize the enormous impact the ICD-10 would have on the medical profession and stop or delay its implementation.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

How, you ask? Well, the FY 2023 ICD-10 updates are now in effect. Therapists and the interdisciplinary team should take note of the added specificity we have long awaited to coding for dementia.

ICD-9 coding Use of specific diagnoses improves the quality of claims and is just as important as CPT coding.

Hospital officials that are well along in their planning for the ICD-10 switchover expect a loss of productivity when they move to the more complex diagnostic coding system, said panelists in a ...

The current international standard for medical coding is ICD-10 (the tenth version of International Classification of Disease codes), from the World Health Organization (WHO).

The World Health Organization's fully-electronic 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases contains 55,000 codes, compared to the 14,400 in ICD-10, Medscape reports.