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New technology calls for an abundance of inpatient code changes. The ICD-10-PCS code set update for fiscal year (FY) 2024 brings us 78 new codes for inpatient medical coders to learn and health plans to implement by Oct. 1. In addition to the new codes, the FY 2024 update to ICD-10-PCS includes 14 revised codes. […]
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Effective April 1, 2022, hospitals will have nine new procedure codes to describe the introduction or infusion of therapeutics, including the additional COVID-19 vaccines recently authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration. April Update The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services first introduced seven new ICD-10-PCS codes for second quarter 2022. The […]
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The 2021 ICD-10-PCS files are now available. Inpatient coders will have 544 new codes to work with beginning Oct. 1, 2020, as well as changes to tables and the index. New PCS Codes Additions include several codes for: Insertion of radioactive element into various body sites, by various approaches Fragmentation of various veins and arteries […]
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By Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, COC, CPC-I, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer
Here’s a first: Medical coders will have fewer procedural codes in 2020 from which to choose. The facility procedural code set will go from 78,881 codes to 77,559 codes effective Oct. 1, 2019. There are 734 code additions, 2,056 deletions, and two revisions, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Additions to […]
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I just finished my CPC Coding/Billing course, and am currently studying for the big exam.
I had an assignment that I got an A on (A for effort), but my instructor never got back to me (I emailed her twice) of what the correct code was for the following:
Right ureteroscopy, retrograde pyelogram, and right ureteral biopsy
Dx: Hematuria
I was told there should only be one code, so I coded the first procedure. However, after reading the guidelines, I put that I would also code the biopsy. I also stated that because there can only be one code, I chose 0TJ98ZZ.
My instructor wrote that she understood my logic (I won’t paste my whole reasoning here). But: what is the correct procedue to code, and why? Thank you!
This open and expandable procedural code set is nothing to be intimidated by. When outpatient coders talk about ICD-10, they typically mean the ICD-10-CM (diagnosis) code set. But there’s another ICD-10 code set: ICD-10-PCS. If you’re unfamiliar, here’s an introduction. PCS Describes Inpatient Procedures The ICD-10-PCS code set is used to code inpatient procedures; PCS […]
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Don’t let procedural coding intimidate you; it may turn out to be your preferred code set. I admit it: I was very intimidated at the thought of using a procedural coding system (PCS), at first. Prior to Oct. 1, 2015, I coded inpatient procedures using ICD-9-CM Volume 3 codes, which were three to four numeric […]
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I am trying to earn my certification in ICD-10 as a CIC. I learned ICD-9 in a classroom and with no difficulties. Now I am trying to learn the ICD-10-PCS and am really struggling. I am not understanding how to define what the doctor is doing in the operative reports. I tend to read what the procedure is and code from that, but I know that’s wrong. Is there anyone willing to help me understand this better? I live in Ephrata WA. I think I need some one on one support. Learning this online is not doing me any justice.
Thank you,
Satinya