AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2015 Issue 4

Applying Past Issues of AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM to ICD-10

The Central Office on ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS has received numerous requests to advise users how past issues of AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM are to be utilized in the ICD-10 environment. In general, clinical information and information on documentation best practices published in Coding Clinic were not unique to ICD-9-CM, and remain applicable for ICD-10-CM with some caveats. For example, Coding Clinic may still be useful to understand clinical clues when applying the guideline regarding not coding separately signs or symptoms that are integral to a condition. Users may continue to use that information, as clues—not clinical criteria...

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