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September 2015


Welcome to my medical coding blog, it is my hope that you will find valuable information in every blog post including this one. I also have several pages for you to read and plan on adding additional pages.

As we all know, The ICD-9 code sets that we currently use to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures is scheduled to be replaced by ICD-10 code sets on October 1, 2015. 

ICD-10 will consist of two parts:

  1. ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding which is for use in all U.S. health care settings.
  2. ICD-10-PCS for inpatient procedure coding which is for use in U.S. hospital settings.

ICD-10 will affect diagnosis and inpatient procedure coding for everyone covered by the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA), not just those who submit Medicare or Medicaid claims:
  • Claims for services provided on or after October 1, 2015 should be submitted with ICD-10 diagnosis codes.
  • Claims for services provided prior to October 1, 2015 should be submitted with ICD-9 diagnosis codes.
The change to ICD-10 codes does not affect CPT coding for outpatient procedures.

Good luck!

In the next post, the following codes will be highlighted:

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) 51798
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Category II 2000F
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Category III 0355T
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System II (HCPCS)-G0105



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