When a physician places a device that takes the place of all or some of a body part, assign a code from ICD-10-PCS root operation replacement (third character R). Think of a total knee replacement or...
ICD-10-CM/PCS now has guidelines for reporting conditions that are present on admission (POA). As part of the 2011 guidelines updates, CMS and the National Center for Health Statistics added Appendix...
ICD-10-PCS includes specific guidelines for coding spinal fusion procedures, including guidelines for selecting the body part value. The body part for a spinal vertebral joint(s) rendered immobile by...
We won’t need to learn any new ICD-10-PCS codes or guidelines for 2015. CMS released the draft codes and guidelines and they include not much of anything. That’s not really a surprise since the code...
CMS has released the 2011 versions of the ICD-10-CM/PCS crosswalks, also known as the General Equivalence Mappings (GEM) on its ICD-10 website . In addition, CMS also posted a document titled “ICD-10...
The multiple procedure guidelines in ICD-10-PCS present possibilities for coder confusion. Several guidelines relate to the coding of multiple procedures, some under the heading of multiple...
ICD-10-PCS requires coders to possess strong clinical knowledge as well as a solid foundation in anatomy and physiology. Coders need to understand what physicians are actually doing in certain...
Not all of the ICD-10-PCS root operations are complicated or confusing. Take reattachment for example. The root operation is pretty much what you would expect. The official definition of reattachment...
When a physician performs a procedure designed to put in a device without doing anything else to a body part, coders will report ICD-10-PCS root operation insertion (third character H in the medical...
ICD-10-PCS is drastically different from the ICD-9-CM Volume 3 procedure codes. Just looking at the physical appearance, you’ll see that the procedure codes in ICD-9-CM have a maximum of four digits...
