The 2023 ICD-10-CM update features many new, revised, and deleted codes. This article focuses on code changes pertaining to blood/blood-forming organs.
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CE Articles | | Explore 2023 ICD-10-CM code updates for blood disorders | | The 2023 ICD-10-CM update features many new, revised, and deleted codes. This article focuses on code changes pertaining to blood/blood-forming organs including new codes for von Willebrand disease, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, and platelet-activating anti-PF4 disorders. Note: To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription. |
| Determining the medical decision-making level for E/M | | Shelley Safian, PhD, RHIA, HCISPP, CCS-P, COC, CPC-I, describes how, beginning in 2023, medical decision-making (MDM) will be used to determine E/M leveling for additional visit services, following similar changes for outpatient visits implemented in 2022. |
| The journey to outpatient and ambulatory CDI | | Many healthcare systems are looking at how to expand their CDI program to include outpatient and ambulatory settings. Jennifer Boles, BS, COC, CRC, CCDS-O, explores her ambulatory CDI program’s success and offers advice for those looking to expand. |
| Healthcare News: AMA releases CPT codes for COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccines | | On August 31, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced eight new CPT codes for bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. The vaccine boosters are designed to combat both the original COVID-19 strain and omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. Of the eight new CPT codes, four are to be used for Moderna booster vaccines and four are to be used for Pfizer-BioNTech boosters. |
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SelectCoder Tip of the Week | | When vesicular ulcerations (weeping ulcers) occur to the lower extremities as a result of edema (such as due to CHF or other edema producing conditions), assign ICD-10-CM code R23.8 (other skin changes) to indicate the resulting open vesicular (blister) ulceration. Do not assign this code to indicate other ulcerations such as due to friction or unspecified ulcers. Interested in more coding tips and claim validation tools? Click here to sign up for a demo or to learn more about SelectCoder. | | |
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