BC Advantage - 2017 Issue 10

Your Quick Guide to ICD-10-CM 2018 Myocardial Infarction Official Guideline Changes

If you submit claims for myocardial infarction (MI), then get ready for ICD-10-CM to shake things up. Not only do you have to prepare for a coding update based on MI type, but you also must learn how to apply the new codes using the 2018 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines (OGs) for Coding and Reporting. All these changes are effective Oct. 1, 2017, so there’s no time to delay.Start With MI Code UpdatesTo understand the changes to the OGs, you first have to learn the new references to MI types 1 to 5 in the diagnosis codes. Provider...

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