ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Codes and Coding

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In this Value Break from AHA’s The Value Initiative, learn how hospitals can use Z-codes to advance population health and equity in their communities.
Join members of the American Hospital Association’s Central Office team, authors of the AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS to: Learn about how ICD-10-CM/PCS codes are created and maintained. Understand the roles of the organizations comprising the ICD-10 Cooperating Parties and their…
Learn about highlights of key ICD-10-PCS code changes, such as: ​​Brachytherapy; Intravascular Ultrasound Assisted Thrombolysis; Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy; Insertion of Subcutaneous Pump System For Ascites Drainage; Intramedullary Sustained Compression Joint Fusion; Transfusion Stem Cell…
Learn about the highlights of key ICD-10-CM code changes, such as: ​​Sickle-Cell Disorders; Immunodeficiency Status; Cytokine Release Syndrome; Withdrawal Syndrome in Substance Use and Abuse; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak; Neonatal Cerebral Infarction; Hepatic Fibrosis; Poisoning by, adverse effect of…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services added 12 new ICD-10 procedure codes to identify new therapies for COVID-19.
Released April 1, 2020 Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, Director of Coding and Classification, American Hospital Association discusses the updated ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines related to coding for COVID-19 effective April 1, 2020 and how to apply the new coding guidance for COVID-19 to common…
The official guidelines for the new ICD-10-CM code go into effect April 1 through Sept. 30 and have been posted by the Centers for Disease Control.
As requested by AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a corrected announcement regarding the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group Grouper to recognize the new ICD-10-CM diagnosis code, U07.1, for COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will implement the new specific ICD-10-CM code for COVID-19, U07.1, April 1 rather than Oct. 1 as originally planned, the agency said.