ICD-10-CM coding can be challenging for coders in the outpatient setting. It is important to remember that the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide a road map to ensure ...

February 9, 2012 (San Francisco, California) — About a third of physicians who would refer patients for consideration of a primary-prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) appear not to ...

CMS and the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released changes to the ICD-10-CM guidelines for fiscal year 2019. 1. The new guidelines apply to all hospital inpatient and outpatient coding ...

Coders should note that the temporary guidelines will expire September 30. A version of this article was first published July 20, 2020, by HCPro's Revenue Cycle Advisor, a sibling publication to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than one-quarter of physicians surveyed never refer patients with the intent of consideration for a primary ...

#10: The ICD-10 is only new to the United States. ICD is the acronym for the International Classification of Diseases, which is the diagnostic manual of the World Health Organization (WHO). The ICD ...