tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 12

Reader Question: Step Up ICD-10 Knowledge

Question:  I've never really gotten comfortable with ICD-10 and often find myself coding ICD-9 in my head and then using a tool to "translate" to ICD-10. My coworkers aregiving me a hard time about this - do I really need to change? Arkansas Subscriber Answer:  Yes, you really do need to change. Here are some good reasons: The October ICD-10 2018 update is the last time Medicare will provide General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) to help you convert ICD-9 to ICD-10 ICD-10 provides much more detail than ICD-9. Relying on GEMs often means reporting a less-specific code that...

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