ICD-10-PCS Reference Manual - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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HE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES Tenth

Revision Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) was developed

with the support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Services, under contract Nos. 90-1138, 91-22300, 500-95-0005,

and HHSM-500-2004-00011C to 3M Health Information Systems.

Rhonda R. Butler, CCS, CCS-P

Robert L. Mullin, M.D.

Thelma M. Grant, MBA, RHIA

Richard F. Averill, M.S.

Barbara A. Steinbeck, RHIT

The opinions expressed are solely those of the authors, and do

not necessarily represent those of the Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services.

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Preface

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HE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES Tenth

Revision Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a new system for coding inpatient procedures, developed for the Centers

for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

This manual is written as a general introduction for data managers, payers, administrators, and medical record coders. For

readers who do not need a detailed understanding of

ICD-10-PCS but would like a general introduction, the material

in chapter 1 and the appendices is recommended.

Manual organization

The manual is organized into the following chapters and appendices. A glossary also provides a list of terms introduced in the

manual.

Chapter 1

Overview. Includes a general introduction to ICD-10-PCS, a

brief history of its development, and a presentation of the code

structure, organization, and characteristics. The first part of the

overview contains basic information; the second and third parts

discuss structure, characteristics, and applications in more detail.

Chapter 2

Procedures in the Medical and Surgical section. Provides

reference material for each root operation in the MEDICAL AND

SURGICAL section (0), with the full definition, additional explanation as needed, a code example, and coding exercises for each

root operation.

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