ICD-10-CM: Training - NMHIMA

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ICD-10-CM: Training

Presented by: Anna M. Cruz CCS, CCS/P,CPC-A ICD10CM/PCS AHIMA Approved Trainer

& Sonya Shebala

CPC, CPC-H

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Partial Freeze of Revisions to ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS

X October 1, 2011 is the last major update of ICD-9-CM. Any further revisions to ICD-9-CM will only be for a new disease and/or a procedure representing new technology. Revisions will be posted on this website as addenda (revisions to procedures are posted on the CMS website).

X After October 1, 2011 there will be no further release of ICD-9-CM on CD-ROM. X October 1, 2011 is the last major update of ICD-10-CM/PCS until October 1, 2015. X Between October 1, 2011 and October 1, 2015 revisions to ICD-10-CM/PCS will be for new

diseases/new technology procedures, and any minor revisions to correct reported errors in these classifications. X Regular (at least annual) updates to ICD-10-CM/PCS will resume on October 1, 2015. X ICD-10-CM/PCS, on CD-ROM will be released one year prior to implementation. X Note: The 2013 release of the ICD-10-CM is now available. It replaces the December 2011 release. X ICD-10-CM 2013 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are also available.

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Structure and Format of ICD-10-CM

X Consists of three to seven characters

X First character used is alpha

X All letters used except U

X Character 2 always numeric

X Characters 3 through 7 can be alpha or numeric

X Decimal placed after the first three characters

X Alpha characters are not case-sensitive

X 1.A.4. Placeholder character

X The ICD-10-CM utilizes a placeholder character "x". The "x" is used as a placeholder at certain codes to allow for future expansion. An example of this is at the poisoning, adverse effect and under dosing codes, categories T36-T50.

X 1.A.5. 7th Characters

X Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters

4 Code structure of ICD-10-CM versus ICD-9-CM

ICD-10-CM codes may consist of up to seven characters, with the seventh character representing visit encounter or sequelae for injuries and external causes.

ICD-9-CM Code Format

ICD-10-CM Code Format

Category

Etiology, anatomic site, manifestation

Category

Etiology, anatomic site, manifestation

extension

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MAPPING

X As a part of the conversion, two sets of diagnosis code General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) have been developed. This mapping is a type of crosswalk to find corresponding diagnosis codes between the two code sets. The GEMs files are:

X 1. I-9 to I-10, which is forward mapping X 2. I-10 to I-9 which is backward mapping

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ICD-10-CM compared to ICD-9-CM

X Expanded detail for many conditions (e.g., viral hepatitis has been expanded from ICD-9 070, a single 3-digit category, to ICD-10 B15B19, five 3-digit categories.

X Transferred conditions around the classification (e.g., hemorrhage has been moved from the circulatory chapter to the symptoms and signs chapter)

Excludes Notes

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The ICD-10-CM has two types of excludes notes. Each type of note

has a different definition for use but they are all similar in that they

indicate that codes excluded from each other are independent of

each other.

a.Excludes1

A type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

b. Excludes2

A type 2 Excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes 2 note indicates that 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 Excludes 2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.

Example: K83 Other diseases of biliary tract

EXCLUDES 1 - postcholecystectomy syndrome (K91.5)

EXCLUDES 2 - conditions involving the gallbladder (K81-K82)

conditions involving the cystic duct (K81-K82)

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Improvements in The ICD-10-CM

Creation of combination diagnosis/symptom codes to reduce the number of codes needed to fully describe a condition: I25.110 is the code for atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery with unstable angina pectoris. Two codes are required to classify both diagnosis within the ICD9.

The incorporation of common fourth- and fifth-character subclassifications: F10.14 is the five-character code to report alcohol abuse with alcoholinduced mood disorder.

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