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ICD-10, also known as the International Classification of Diseases version 10, is an international medical code system that describes roughly 76,000 diseases, symptoms, abnormal findings, and external causes of injury. The United States is transitioning to the 10th edition standard by October 1, 2015. ICD-11 is expected to be published in 2015. We're here to bring a bit of joy to this difficult transition.

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Providers must use the ICD-10 codes for inpatient discharges and outpatient encounters during the current financial year, which runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Unless there is a hold on updating ICD-10 codes, it is best practice to purchase a current ICD-10 book each year. Most online booksellers carry a printed version of the current ICD-10-CM codes. When ordering, ensure that you are ordering a code book that is not in draft form.

For cash-based services, provide what your patients need to submit to their payers. If you had been providing ICD-9 codes, it is likely you need to use ICD-10 codes for processing your patients' out-of-network claims.

ICD-10-CM was developed and is maintained by the World Health Organization and the National Center for Health Statistics within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is supplemented by a set of official guidelines that are designated as part of the ICD-10-CM code set by the HIPAA \"medical data code set\" regulations. The CDC updates these guidelines annually. Use the codes and the guidelines that correspond with the year in which you provide the service.

There is no national requirement to report the ICD-10 codes for \"external causes for morbidity,\" which are found in the official guidelines. You may have to provide these codes if you are subject to a state-based external cause code-reporting mandate or if a particular payer requires them. If your state or a private payer institutes such a requirement, it would be independent of ICD-10 implementation. Even without a reporting requirement, you are encouraged to voluntarily report external cause codes, as they provide valuable data for injury research and evaluation of injury-prevention strategies.

This depends on whether or not the organization uses coders. If so, CMS provides the following guidance: \"A joint effort between the health care provider and the coder is essential to achieve complete and accurate documentation, code assignment, and reporting of diagnoses and procedures. The importance of consistent, complete documentation in the medical record cannot be overemphasized. Medical record documentation from any provider involved in the care and treatment of the patient may be used to support the determination of whether a condition was present on admission or not. In the context of the official coding guidelines, the term 'provider' means a physician or any qualified health care practitioner who is legally accountable for establishing the patient's diagnosis.\"

To ensure that you are using the best codes, communication with the coder and potentially the billing department is essential. Consider reviewing charts as a team so that you all can agree that the documentation is complete and proper codes are used for submission of the claim.

Yes, use the number of codes needed to adequately describe the patient. List the diagnosis, condition, problem, or other reason for the encounter/visit shown in the medical record to be chiefly responsible for the services provided, and list additional codes that describe any coexisting conditions. Pay close attention to notes included with the codes; some codes cannot be used with other codes.

This is a good example of the need to follow the guidance for each specific code. Do not assume that the instructions for one code will apply elsewhere. Some codes indicate right, left, and bilateral. Some indicate right and left but not bilateral, so if the condition affects the right and left you would use both. For some codes, such as torticollis, you might think a side would be appropriate, but the code does not provide that option. Below is an example of very specific instructions for a condition:

Codes from category I69, Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease, that specify hemiplegia, hemiparesis, and monoplegia identify whether the dominant or nondominant side is affected. Should the affected side be documented but not specified as dominant or nondominant, and the classification system does not indicate a default, code selection is as follows:

Yes, signs and symptoms, and even \"unspecified\" codes, are at times not only acceptable but necessary. While you should report specific diagnosis codes when they are supported by the available medical record documentation and clinical knowledge of the patient's health condition, at times signs, symptoms, or unspecified codes are the most accurate code choices. Code each encounter to the level of certainty known for that encounter.

No. Your coding needs to be as complete as you can make it based on confirmed information that you identify during the visit. You may use codes for signs or symptoms pertinent to the physical therapy services you provided--codes that the physician may not have included.

\"List first the ICD-10-CM code for the diagnosis, condition, problem, or other reason for encounter/visit shown in the medical record to be chiefly responsible for the services provided. List additional codes that describe any coexisting conditions. In some cases, the first-listed diagnosis may be a symptom when a diagnosis has not been established (confirmed) by the provider.\"

Please note: APTA is aware of the many questions about the first-listed diagnosis for patients receiving outpatient physical therapist services. For clarification, APTA contacted the ICD-10 Cooperating Parties, which include the American Hospital Association, the American Health Information Management Association, CMS, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Cooperating Parties agree that with the transition to ICD-10 it is important that all health care providers code consistently.

Yes, if the diagnosis becomes more definitive or additional diagnoses develop then add the appropriate ICD-10 code. Also add codes for identified signs and symptoms if they were not initially included as part of the diagnostic codes.

Aftercare visit codes (Z codes) cover situations in which the initial treatment of a disease has been performed or the injury or disease has been removed, and the patient requires continued care during the healing or recovery phase or for the long-term consequences of the disease. Do not use the Z code if treatment is directed at a current, acute disease. Use the diagnosis code in these cases.

Also, do not use the Z codes for aftercare for injuries that are still present. For aftercare following an injury, assign the acute injury code with the appropriate seventh character (for subsequent encounter).

For injuries, the appropriate seventh characters identify subsequent care with the diagnosis code. Use the acute injury code with the appropriate seventh character for subsequent encounter, such as \"D.\"

ICD-10 added the code extensions, or seventh character, for injuries and external causes to identify the encounter: initial, subsequent, or sequela. The applicable seventh character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The code extension to identify encounter must always be in the seventh position of the data field, so if a code that requires a seventh character does not have six characters, use a placeholder X to fill in the empty character(s).

No, ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes may contain between three and seven characters. Codes with three characters are included in ICD-10-CM as the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided using fourth-sixth characters, which provide greater detail. Codes for injury or trauma generally have a seventh code. In addition, it is used in the Obstetrics, Musculoskeletal, and External Cause chapters.

Use a three-character code only if it is not further subdivided. A code is invalid if it has not been coded to the full number of characters required for that code, including the seventh character, if applicable.

Some ICD-10 categories indicate there is an applicable seventh character, which then is required for all codes within the category, unless the notes in the Tabular List instruct otherwise. The seventh character must always be in that position, so if a code is fewer than six characters, use a placeholder X to fill in the empty characters.

Not all ICD-10 codes require use of a seventh character. If a code does, you need to determine whether the patie