Icd-10-cm And Icd-10-pcs Preview

Get ready for ICD-10 with the experts. Implementation of ICD-10-Cm and ICD-10-PCS is on the horizon. Authors Anita Hazelwood and Carol Venable analyzed the draft version of ICD-10 to create a practical preview of the expanded diagnostic coding system. The new clinical modification of ICD-10 will be significantly better than ICD-9-CM in both format and content, but it will also require additional training of coding and clinical staff as well as extensive changes in coding processes. Hazelwood and Venable review the general format changes and then go on to discuss the expansions and revisions in the codes for specific diseases and injuries. The new procedural codinga ddition, ICD-10-PCS, keeps you on top of the guidelines and in line with the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recommendations. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Preview explains how the revised coding system will allow greater specificity in code assignment and future code expansion and how it will provide expanded injury codes, combination diagnosis/symptom codes, and additional information relevant to ambulatory care and managed care.