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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will implement the new specific ICD-10-CM code for COVID-19, U07.1, April 1 rather than Oct. 1 as originally planned, the agency said today. The code is not retroactive, and more guidance on usage will be released later this week From April 1, 2020, medical coders should use ICD 10 code … Read more
Since the begining of 2020, their has been a hugh loss of lives due to deadly coronavirus and it has become a global threat now. Still the corovirus is spreading from one country to other and taking lives of infected people.Hence, due to this deadly coronavius the Centers for Disease control and prevention (CDC) has … Read more
The purpose of this article is to provide official diagnosis coding guidance for healthcare encounters related to the 2019 health care encounters and deaths related to e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI). This guidance is consistent with current clinical knowledge about e-cigarette, or vaping, related disorders. As necessary, this guidance will be … Read more
Basics about Pressure and Non-Pressure Ulcers ICD 10 codes A Pressure ulcer is also known as a decubitis ulcer, pressure sore, or bedsore. It’s an open wound on your skin. Decubitis ulcers often occur on the skin covering bony areas. The most common places for a decubitis ulcer are your elbow, heels, hips, ankles, shoulders, … Read more
There are separate ICD 10 codes for sexual mode of transmission infections. These codes ranges from A50 to A64. It includes most of the congenital ICD 10 codes. These ICD 10 codes are used very frequently and should be known by each medical coder. So, let us check the ICD 10 codes list for these … Read more
As per new update in medical coding, their will again some new ICD 10 codes in FY 2020. Also, their will some deletion and revision of ICD 10 codes. Their are around 273 new codes, 21 deleted codes, and 30 code title revisions for Year 2020. The new changes are as per the Proposed Inpatient … Read more
As you know, we will be having soon new updates for ICD 10 CM for 2020. Their will lot of new codes, deleted codes and some revised codes in ICD 10 CM for 2020. Their are lot of important updates in 2020 in diagnosis codes. I would like to share some of them in this … Read more
Every year, we have a lot of changes in the coding guidelines. This year also we have a lot of changes in ICD 10 coding guidelines. The updated guidelines have introduced lot of new diagnosis codes. Today we will just look out the coding guidelines for Z3A ICD 10 codes used for coding weeks of … Read more
ICD coding guidelines are very important for coding diagnosis codes. Now, as we have started using ICD 10 codes we have to be more accurate while coding diagnosis codes. I know we already have ICD 10 coding guidelines in codebooks but we hardly refer them till it is very essential. There is the lot of … Read more
Coma due to acute barbiturate intoxication, attempted suicide T42.3x2A, R40.20 Two-year-old patient ingested an unknown quantity of mother’s Enovid T38.4x1A Syncope due to hypersensitivity to antidepressant medication R55, T43.205A Hypokalemia resulting from reaction to Diuril given by mistake in physician’s office T50.2x1A E87.6 Diplopia due to allergic reaction to antihistamine, taken as prescribed H53.2 T45.0x5A Lethargy due … Read more