tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 9

ICD-10 2018 Updates: New Codes for AMIs, Intestinal Obstructions, Non-Pressure Ulcers, Spinal Stenosis, Breast Lumps & More

It's time to update your systems and templates to get ready for the new and revised ICD-10 codes that take effect October 1, 2017. There are 363 new codes, 142 deletions, and 226 code revisions. Don't let these numbers overwhelm you, says Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPCI, CPMA, CDEO, CRC, CHPSE, COPC, CENTC, CPEDC, CGSC, who taught a class on the new codes at AAPC's regional conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. "Many of the changes are miscellaneous in nature or just cleanup-fixing misspellings and excluding notes, for example," she tells Outpatient Coding & Billing Alert. "But there are a few...

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