Some ICD-10-PCS root operations encompass a wide range of procedures. Think biopsy, excision, and extraction. Others cover a much smaller range of possible procedures, including fusion. Coders will...
Welcome to Stitch ‘Em Hospital, where we’re preparing for ICD-10-PCS by actually coding some of our procedures using the new system. We want to make sure we’re ready to go on October 1, 2014, and...
Some of the ICD-10-PCS root operations are very similar—think excision (cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part) and resection (cutting out or off, without replacement, all...
Initially, we thought that outpatient coders didn’t have to learn to code in ICD-10-PCS. They would still use CPT® codes to report physician services in the outpatient world. Now it looks like that...
We all know that procedure coding will change considerably on October 1, 2014 with the implementation of ICD-10-PCS. But what about change as an ICD-10-PCS root operation? In ICD-10-PCS, you will use...
We all know coder productivity will go down after the transition to ICD-10 and it may never rebound to current levels. The question is, how much will productivity decline? It could drop more than you...
When a physician frees a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force, coders will use the root operation release (N) in ICD-10-PCS. Keep in mind, though, that you...
ICD-10-PCS codes include one digit for the root operation that the provider performs. The root operation is always the third character is the seven-character code. The definitions of these root...
Dr. Cap I. Larry is back at work on some blood vessels at Stitch ‘Em Up Hospital. Let’s see what she’s up to today. For all of Dr. Larry’s procedures, we’re going to be coding from the Medical and...
By now, you probably know that ICD-10-PCS codes contain seven alpha-numeric characters. Each character represents a specific piece of information and those meanings can vary by section. In the...
