tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 8

Reader Question: Decode ICD-10 Differences

Question: I appreciate the monthly ICD-10 example in your newsletter, but I don’t have a good understanding of the “big picture” differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10. Could you please outline those? Arkansas Subscriber Answer: If you learn these six basic differences you’ll have the “big picture:” 1. ICD-9 has 17 chapters; ICD-10 has 21 chapters. 2. ICD-9 codes are three to five characters, mostly numeric, while ICD-10 codes are alpha numeric and contain up to seven characters. 3. ICD-10 doesn’t break out the information represented by ICD-9 V and E codes, but incorporates the...

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