With the adoption of the ICD-10 coding system, the number of medical codes for various diagnoses and disease conditions will increase from about 18,000 to about 155,000 entries.

Preparing for the additional codes of ICD-10 can seem daunting, but analyzing codes you use for ICD-9 is a place to start, according to PhysBizTech. Here are six steps for preparing for a more ...

The AHA is providing member hospitals with an executive briefing book to help them prepare for the 2013 transition to the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases clinical coding ...

Groups that rely on paper are probably using code books, not coding programs. ... Give the clinicians immediate feedback on what additional information is needed to select a specific ICD-10 code.

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The new ICD-10 diagnostic codes that took effect on October 1 aroused the kind of fears one might feel reading the Book of Revelation. A seven-headed beast of a code set was going to wreak havoc ...

An ectopic pregnancy is reported using an ICD-10-CM code from category O00.- (ectopic pregnancy), which is divided into five subcategories. A version of this article was first published January 15 ...