The following information was taken from Chapter 2 of Buck's Step-by-Step Medical Coding, 2019 Edition. The book is cited on the last slide of the presentation. All information is relevant as of 2019. Any updates after November 2019 will not be in this presentation. This presentation was created through Canva.
3. THE ICD-10-CM
OVERVIEW
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical
Modification
Designed for the classification of patient morbidity and
mortality information for statistical purposes and for the
indexing of health records by disease and operations, data
storage and retrieval.
A classification system enables people to track morbidity and
mortality by having a condition or disease be coded in one code.
4. THE ICD-10-CM
HISTORY
Issued by the World Health Organization in 1993, and is responsible to
maintain it
Original WHO version did not have procedure classification.
Each government is responsible in implementing ICD-10.
In the US, there are two institutions responsible for it's development:
1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - develops the procedures
(ICC-19-PCS)
2.National Center for Health Statistics(NCHS)- responsible for disease
classification system(ICD-10-CM)
5. THE ICD-10-CM
FUUNCTIONS
Facilitate payment of health services
Evaluate patient's use of healthcare facilities
Study health care costs
Research the quality of health care
Predict health care trends
Plan for future health care needs
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6. ICD-10-CM
Format
THE FORMAT
I-10 ALPHABETIC INDEX AND
TABULAR
used in outpatient setting to substantiate the
reason for receiving medical services (medical
necessity) by assigning a diagnosis.
ICD-10-PCS
used for coding surgical, therapeutic, and
diagnostic procedures and is primarily used by
hospitals
7. ICD-10-CM
Format
THE FORMAT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEAL WITH
THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
OF CODING:
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS)
National Center for Health Services (NCHS)
American Health Information
Management Services (AHIMA)
American Hospital Organization (AHA)
8. C O D I N G 1 0 1
INDEX
OVERVIEW AND FORMATS
Everything in the index is listed by condition in
alphabetical order
The Alphabetic Index is composed of three sections:
Index to Diseases and Injuries -Gray area
Table of Drugs and Chemicals- Violet(Lighter
purple)
External Cause of Injuries Index- Orange
Within the Index to Diseases and Injuries, there is a
table for the subcategories of Neoplasms(blue
between gray and violet).
9. C O D I N G 1 0 1
INDEX
OVERVIEW AND FORMATS
The ICD-10-CM utilizes three levels of indention in
the Alphabetic index:
Main terms- Bold, red, indented to the left, begins
with a capital letter
Subterms- under the main term, indented to the
right, lowercase
Carryover lines- exist when there is not enough
space on single entry line, indented to the farther
right
10. C O D I N G 1 0 1
INDEX
TYPES OF SUBTERMS
Essential Modifiers
modify the main term
specifies further the condition
Connecting Words
define a relationship between a main term or a
subterm and an associated condition or etiology
ex. with, without, associated with, due to, with
mention of, in
11. TABULAR
TABULAR SYSTEM
listing of all the codes available for
assignment
CHAPTERS
the main division of the ICD-10-CM
manual
21 chapters
a chapter may use more than one
letter
SECTION
a group of three-digit categories
that represent a group of
conditions or related conditions
ex. M20-M25
12. TABULAR
CATEGORY
a three character code that
represents a single condition or
disease
ex. A10, B15, R23, H08,
SUBCATEGORY
a four digit category code that
provides more information or
specifity
ex.M25.5
SUBCLASSIFICATION
a five to seven code that adds even
more information and specifity
ex. M25.50,
14. CONVENTIONS "not otherwise specified"
equivalent of unspecified
used when information at hand does
not permit a specific code assignment
NOS
NEC
represents "other specified"
Alphabetic index- used when a
specific code is not available
Tabular index- code may not fully
describe the disease process or
medical condition
Used in two ways:
directs the coder to other
classifications, if appropriate
when the ICD-10-CM does not
have any codes that provide
grater specifity
Tabular List - enclose synonyms,
alternative wording, or explanatory
phrases
Alphabetic Index - used to identify
manifestation codes
Brackets []
located in the Tabular List after an
incomplete term that needs one or
more of the modifiers that follow in
order to make the condition
assignable to a given category
Colon
15. CONVENTIONS different meanings in ICD-10-CM
And
should be interpreted to mean
either “and” or “or” when it
appears in a title
With
should be interpreted to mean
“associated with” or “due to”
when it appears in a code title,
the Alphabetic Index (either
under a main term or subterm),
or an instructional note in the
Tabular List
classification presumes a causal
relationship between the two
conditions linked by these terms
in the Alphabetic Index or
Tabular List.
And and With
Parentheses ()
enclose supplementary words
(nonessential modifiers) that may
be present or absent in the
statement of a disease or
procedure without affecting code
assignment
Nonessential modifiers -
words that may be used to
clarify the diagnosis but do not
affect code assignment
ex. ileus - K56.7
inhibitory ileus- K56.7
16. INCLUDES
"not included here"
the condition excluded is not part of
the condition represented by the
code, but a patient may have both
conditions at the same time.
When an Excludes2 note appears
under a code, it is acceptable to use
both the code and the excluded code
together.
Excludes2
appears immediately under a three
character code title to further define,
or give examples of, the content of
the category
EXCLUDES
EXCLUDES1
pure excludes
means "not coded here"
indicates that the code excluded
should not be assigned at the
same time as the code above
used when two conditions cannot
occur together
An exception to the Excludes1
definition is the circumstance when
the two conditions are unrelated to
each other.
17. CODE FIRST/ USE
ADDITIONAL CODE
indicate etiology/manifestation
paired codes
etiology -study of causation
coding convention requires that the
underlying condition be sequenced
first followed by the manifestation
seen when in "in diseases
classified elsewhere"
appears
1. "Use additional code" note first
the etiology code
2. "Code first" note for
manifestation code
CODE ALSO
instructs that two codes may be
required to fully describe a condition,
but this note does not provide
sequencing direction
sequencing depends on the
circumstances of the encounter.
DEFAULT CODES
code listed next to a main term in the
ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index
represents that condition that is most
commonly associated with the main
term, or is the unspecified code for
the condition
assigned when a condition is
documented in a medical
record without any additional
information
18. CODE ASSIGNMENT
AND CLINICAL CRITERIA
assignment of a diagnosis code is
based on the provider’s diagnostic
statement that the condition exists
Code assignment is not based on
clinical criteria used by the provider to
establish the diagnosis.
If a code that requires a 7th character
is not 6 characters, a placeholder X
must be used to fill in the empty
characters
within the category, or as the notes in
theTabular List instruct
CROSS REFERENCES
provide the coder with possible
alternatives or synonyms for a term
three types
see
explicit direction to look
elsewhere
used to reference the
appropriate main term under
which all the information
concerning a specific disease
will be located
see also
see category
7TH CHARACTERS AND
PLACEHOLDER X
“X” is used as a placeholder at certain
codes to allow for future expansion
X must be used in order for the
code to be considered a valid code
7th character is required for all codes