top tips for icd-10
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Top 10 Tips for ICD-10!
Presented By:Rachel M. Kaser, BS, CPC, MHSA
AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS TrainerTop 10 Tips for ICD-10
Course Objectives• Clarifications on the coding guideline changes for FY 2017
• Obtain insights on Laterality for Retinopathy, Diabetic Neuropathy
• Post-Op Seroma
• Excludes1 / Excludes2
• Atypical Fractures
• Injuries and Injury Reporting
• Hypertensive urgency, emergency or crisis
• Conductive hearing loss – H90 codes
• Utilize expert tools specific to ICD-10 to accurately select codes necessary for compliance, while avoiding denials
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ICD-10 Coding Guideline Changes
• Updated:• Tabular
• Alphabetic Index
• Neoplasm Table
• Table of Drugs and Chemicals
• Index of External Causes
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ICD-10 Coding Guideline Changes
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ICD-10 Coding Guideline Changes
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Laterality for Retinopathy, Diabetic Neuropathy
• Chapter 7 – Eye and Adnexa (H00 – H59)
• Many codes added the laterality as concepts that were previously missing, such as in the diabetic retinopathy codes
• Diabetic retinopathy codes:• Expansion
• Macular edema involvement
• Laterality
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Post-Op Seroma
• Chapter 3 – Diseases of the Blood (D50 – D89)
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Post-Op Seroma
• Chapter 3 – Diseases of the Blood (D50 – D89)
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Excludes1 / Excludes2 Changes
• Excludes1 change to Excludes 2 notes:• Reporting a code together with codes from its Excludes1 list may be
appropriate when the conditions are unrelated
• Rule: • If the two conditions are not related to one another, it is permissible to report
both codes despite the presence of an Excludes1 note
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Excludes1 / Excludes2
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