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Congenital Malformations and of Urine Without Diagnosis Other and Unspecified Effects of
Deformations of the (Category Codes R80–R82) . . . . 399 External Causes (Category
Musculoskeletal System Abnormal Findings on Examination Codes T66–T78) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
(Category Codes Q65–Q79). . . . 382 of Other Body Fluids, Substances, Complications of Surgical and
Other Congenital Malformations and Tissues, Without Diagnosis Medical Care, Not Elsewhere
(Category Codes Q80–Q89) (Category Codes R83–R89) . . . . 399 Classified (Category Codes
and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Abnormal Findings on Diagnostic T80–T88) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Not Elsewhere Classified Imaging and in Function Studies, Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
(Category Codes Q90–Q99). . . . 383 Without Diagnosis (Category Internet Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Codes R90–R94), Abnormal
Tumor Markers (Category Code Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Internet Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
R97), and Ill-defined and Unknown Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 426
Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Cause of Mortality (Category Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 384 Code R99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Chapter 25: External
Chapter 23: Symptoms, Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 402
Causes of Morbidity 432
Signs, and Abnormal Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Introduction ������������������������������ 433
Clinical Laboratory Coding External Causes of
Findings 389 Chapter 24: Injury, Morbidity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Poisoning, and Certain Transport Accidents (Category
Introduction ������������������������������ 390
Other Consequences of Codes V00–V99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Pedestrian Injured in Transport
Coding of Symptoms, Signs, and
Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory External Causes 407 Accident (Category Codes
Findings, Not Elsewhere V00–V09). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Pedal Cycle Rider Injured in
Coding Guidelines for Symptoms, Coding Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Transport Accident (Category
Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Codes V10–V19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Laboratory Findings, Not Fractures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Motorcycle Rider Injured in Transport
Elsewhere Classified . . . . . . . . . 392 Accident (Category Codes
Gustilo Classification of Fractures. . 412
Guideline for Principal V20–V29). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
S Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Diagnosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Occupant of Three-Wheeled Motor
Injuries to the Head (Category Vehicle Injured in Transport
Symptoms and Signs as Codes S00–S09). . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Secondary Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Accident (Category Codes
Injuries to the Neck (Category V30–V39). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Difference Between Inpatient and Codes S10–S19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Outpatient Coding Guidelines. . .393 Car Occupant Injured in Transport
Injuries to the Thorax (Category Accident (Category Codes
Chapter 18 Specific Coding Codes S20–29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 V40–V49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Injuries to the Abdomen, Lower Occupant of Pickup Truck or Van
Symptoms and Signs Involving Back, Lumbar Spine, Pelvis, and Injured in Transport Accident
the Circulatory and Respiratory External Genitals (Category (Category Codes V50–V59). . . . . 438
Systems (Category Codes Codes S30–S39). . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
R00–R09). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Occupant of Heavy Transport Vehicle
Injuries to the Shoulder and Arm, Injured in Transport Accident
Symptoms and Signs Involving Elbow, Wrist, and Hand (Category (Category Codes V60–V69). . . . . 439
the Digestive System and Codes S40–S69). . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Abdomen (Category Codes Bus Occupant Injured in Transport
R10–R19). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Injuries to the Hip, Thigh, Knee, Accident (Category Codes
Lower Leg, Ankle, Foot, and Toes V70–V79). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Symptoms and Signs Involving the (Category Codes S70–S99) . . . . 416
Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Other Land Transport Accidents
(Category Codes R20–R23) . . . . 395 T Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 (Category Codes V80–V89). . . . . 439
Symptoms and Signs Involving the Injuries Involving Unspecified Water Transport Accidents (Category
Nervous and Musculoskeletal Multiple Body Regions (Category Codes V90–V94) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Systems (Category Codes Code T07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Air and Space Transport Accidents
R25–R29). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Injury of Unspecified Body Region (Category Codes V95–V97). . . . . 440
Symptoms and Signs Involving the (Category Code T14). . . . . . . . . . 417 Other and Unspecified Transport
Genitourinary System (Category Effects of Foreign Body Entering Accidents (Category Codes
Codes R30–R39). . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Through Natural Orifice (Category V98–V99). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Symptoms and Signs Involving Codes T15–T19). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Other External Causes of
Cognition, Perception, Emotional Burns and Corrosions (Category Accidental Injury (Category Codes
State, and Behavior (Category Codes T20–T32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 W00–X58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Codes R40–R46). . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Frostbite (Category Codes Slipping, Tripping, Stumbling, and Falls
Symptoms and Signs Involving T33–T34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 (Category Codes W00–W19). . . . . 440
Speech and Voice (Category Poisoning by Adverse Effects of and Exposure to Inanimate
Codes R47–R49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Underdosing of Drugs, Medicaments, Mechanical Forces (Category
General Symptoms and Signs and Biological Substances (Category Codes W20–W49) . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
(Category Codes R50–R69) . . . . 398 Codes T36–T50). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Exposure to Animate Mechanical
Abnormal Findings on Examination Toxic Effects of Substances Chiefly Forces (Category Codes
of Blood Without Diagnosis Nonmedicinal as to Source W50–W64). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
(Category Codes R70–R79) and (Category Codes T51–T65). . . . . 422 Accidental Non-Transport Drowning
Abnormal Findings on Examination and Submersion (Category Codes
W65–W74). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
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Exposure to Electric Current, and Psychosocial Circumstances Principles for the Medical and
Radiation, and Extreme Ambient (Category Codes Z55–Z65). . . . . 469 Surgical Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Air Temperature and Pressure Do Not Resuscitate Status Appendices in ICD-10-PCS. . . . . . 513
(Category Codes W85–W99) . . . 442 (Category Code Z66). . . . . . . . . . 469 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Exposure to Smoke, Fire, and Flames Blood Type (Category
(Category Codes X00–X08). . . . . 442 Internet Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Code Z67) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Contact with Heat and Hot Body Mass Index (BMI) (Category Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Substances (Category Codes Code Z68) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 516
X10–X19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Persons Encountering Health Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Exposure to Forces of Nature Services in Other Circumstances
(Category Codes X30–X39). . . . . 443 (Category Codes Z69–Z76). . . . . 469
Overexertion and Strenuous or Persons with Potential Health Chapter 29: Obstetrics
Repetitive Movement (Category Hazards Related to Family and Section 521
Code X50) and Accidental Exposure Personal History and Certain
to Other Specified Factors Conditions Influencing Health Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
(Category Codes X52, X58). . . . . 443 Status (Category Codes ICD-10-PCS Official Coding
Intentional Self-Harm (Category Z77–Z99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Guidelines for Obstetric
Codes X71–X83) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Additional Guidelines. . . . . . . . . 473 Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Assault (Category Codes Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 Obstetrics Section of the
X92–Y09). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Internet Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 ICD-10-PCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Event of Undetermined Intent
(Category Codes Y21–Y33). . . . . 444 Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Legal Intervention, Operations of War, Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 477 Body System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Military Operations, and Terrorism Root Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
(Category Codes Y35–Y38). . . . . 444 Body Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Complications of Medical and Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Surgical Care (Category Codes Chapter 27: Introduction Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Y62–Y84) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 to ICD-10-PCS 482 Qualifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Supplementary Factors Related to Procedure Highlights . . . . . . . . . 526
Causes of Morbidity Classified Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Abortion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Elsewhere (Category Codes Code Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Y90–Y99). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Amniocentesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Cesarean Deliveries. . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 Forceps Extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 450 Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 ICD-10-PCS Coding Guidelines . . 487 Internet Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Selection of Principal Procedure . . . 489
Chapter 26: Factors Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Influencing Health Status Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 528
and Contact with Health Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Services 454 Chapter 28: Medical and
Surgical Section 493 Chapter 30: Placement
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Section 532
Introduction to Z Codes. . . . . . . 455 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Persons Encountering Health Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Medical and Surgical Section
Services for Examinations Character Meanings. . . . . . . . . . 494 Placement Section of the
(Category Codes Z00–Z13). . . . . 456 ICD-10-PCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Genetic Carrier and Genetic Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Body Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Susceptibility to Disease Body System: Anatomical Regions
(Category Codes Z14–Z15). . . . . 460 ICD-10-PCS Official Coding
Guidelines Relating to Body and Anatomical Orifices. . . . . . . 533
Resistance to Antimicrobial Root Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Drugs (Category Code Z16) . . . . 463 Body Part: Regions and Orifices. . . . 533
Root Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Estrogen Receptor Status Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
(Category Code Z17). . . . . . . . . . 463 ICD-10-PCS Official Coding
Guidelines Relating to Root Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Persons with Potential Health Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 Qualifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Hazards Related to Communicable
Diseases (Category Codes Body Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 Procedure Highlights . . . . . . . . . 535
Z20–Z29). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 ICD-10-PCS Official Coding Cast Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Persons Encountering Health Guidelines Relating to Body
Dressing Application . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Services in Circumstances Related Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Packing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
to Reproduction (Category Codes Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Z30–Z39). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 ICD-10-PCS Official Coding Guidelines
Encounters for Other Specific Relating to Approach. . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Internet Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Health Care (Category Codes Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Chapter Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Z40–Z53). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 ICD-10-PCS Official Coding Coding Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 537
Persons with Potential Health Guidelines Relating to Device. . . 511
Case Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Hazards Related to Socioeconomic Qualifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
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PREFACE
Understanding ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS: A Worktext, 2020 Edition, provides a comprehensive textbook
to learn and master ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding. This book can be used to instruct learners in both
academic and clinical settings. Its design helps coders transition to the new coding system.
The ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are highlighted in various book chapters,
and the complete guidelines are contained in the appendix which is found in MINDTAP. Numerous clinical
examples and case studies are used throughout the book to provide opportunities for learners to practice with
real-life scenarios. Frequently encountered diseases are highlighted to enable the learner to become familiar with
common disease signs and symptoms, clinical testing, and treatments.
This updated printing of the 2020 edition includes new 2020 ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A special thank-you is extended to the reviewers who have provided recommendations to enhance the content of
this work.
Dr. Tammie Bolling Betty Haar, BS, RHIA Keita Kornegay, CEHRS,
Associate Professor Program Director CMAA, CMRS
Pellissippi State Community Kirkwood Community College Professor
College Cedar Rapids, Iowa Wilson Community College
Knoxville, Tennessee Wilson, North Carolina
Judy Hurtt, MEd
Mary M. Cantwell, Instructor Kathleen O’Gorman,
RHIT, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, East Central Community BS, CPC
CPC-P College Lead Instructor,
Professor Decatur, Mississippi Health Claims Program
Metro Community College Branford Hall Career Institute
Omaha, Nebraska Natasha Johnson, RHIT Southington, Connecticut
Health Information Management
NaTunya Davis Johnson Clinical Coordinator Angela P. Rein, RMA, AS,
Instructor, Business & Office Midlands Technical College BSHM, CPC, MAHS, CPC-H
Technology Department Columbia, South Carolina Medical Billing and Coding
Holmes Community College Department Chairperson
Ridgeland, Mississippi Pat King, MA, RHIA Sanford-Brown College
MIS System Program Coordinator Collinsville, Illinois
Robin Douglas and Adjunct Faculty
Health Care Data Technology Baker College Danielle Robel, MBA, BA,
Instructor Auburn Hills, Michigan medical assistant
Holmes Community College Adjunct Professor, School of Health
Grenada, Mississippi Lindsey Klimek, CPC, CIMC Sciences
Instructor Kaplan University
Melanie Endicott, MBA/HCM, Alexandria Technical and Fort Lauderdale, Florida
RHIA, CCS, CCS-P Community College
HIM Program Director Alexandria, Minnesota
Spokane Community College
Spokane, Washington
Rashmi Gaonkar, MS
Senior Instructor/Subject Specialist
ASA Institute
Brooklyn, New York
Technical Reviewer
Both Mary Jo and the Cengage Learning team offer their profound thanks to Lou Ann Decker for her significant
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CHAPTER
Introduction to Coding
and Coding Professions 1
Chapter Outline
Chapter Objectives Professional Coding Associations
Key Terms Employment Opportunities for Coders
Introduction Summary
Professional Coding Internet Links
History of Coding Chapter Review
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996
Chapter Objectives
At the conclusion of this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Describe the purpose of coding.
2. Explain the development of the ICD classification system.
3. Discuss the standards mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996.
4. Describe professional associations with reference to their certifications, requirements, and
purpose.
5. Identify the employment opportunities for coders.
Key Terms
Accrediting Bureau American Health Centers for Medicare Certified Documentation
of Health Education Information and Medicaid Services Improvement
Schools (ABHES) Management (CMS) Practitioner
Administrative Association Certified Coding (CDIP)
Simplification (AHIMA) Associate (CCA) Certified Health Data
American Academy of American Medical Certified Coding Analyst (CHDA)
Professional Coders Billing Association Specialist (CCS) Certified in Healthcare
(AAPC) (AMBA) Privacy and Security
Certified Coding
American Association American Medical Specialist, Physician- (CHPS)
of Medical Assistants Technologists Based (CCS-P) Certified Inpatient Coder
(AAMA) (AMT) (CIC)
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Introduction
Medical coding is the assignment of numeric or alphanumeric digits and characters to specific diagnostic and
procedural phrases. This coding, like any other language, needs to be translated to be understood, and each
combination of numbers or of numbers and letters represents a diagnostic or procedural phrase.
EXAMPLE: The diagnostic phrase “appendicitis” is translated into diagnostic code K37 in the ICD-10-CM coding system. The
procedural phrase “open total appendectomy” is translated into procedure code 0DTJ0ZZ in ICD-10-PCS.
By using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes, health care professionals can effectively collect, process, and
analyze diagnostic and procedural information.
Professional Coding
Coding is the language used by insurance companies and health care providers to describe what brought a
person to a facility for treatment and what services were performed. The ability of health care professionals to
communicate and translate these codes is vital to the care and treatment rendered to the patient. These codes
are also communicated to the insurance company, which is required to make payment for the patient’s care. All
involved parties must be able to understand and fluently “speak” the coding language to convey the essence of
the patient’s visit and treatment.
In the chapters that follow, the student will gain a greater knowledge of the language of coding, specifically
ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. By the completion of this book, the student will have the knowledge base needed
to become fluent in the language of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding, which is an ever-increasingly used tool
in the health care industry.
History of Coding
ICD-10-CM, an abbreviation for the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical
Modification, is an arrangement of classes or groups of diagnoses by systematic division that is used in the
United States. ICD-10-CM is based on the official version of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth
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Revision (ICD-10), which was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
ICD-10 is used throughout the world as a standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management, and
clinical purposes. In 1948, the WHO assumed responsibility for preparing and publishing the revisions to the ICD
every 10 years. Thus, with every 10-year revision, the name of the current ICD changes.
EXAMPLE: ICD-8 was revised to become ICD-9; ICD-9 was revised to become ICD-10. An ICD-11 version for preparing
implementation in Member States, including translations, was released on June 18 2018. During 2019 ICD-11 was
presented at the Seventy-second Work Health Assembly. At this current time it is anticipated that the Member States of
the World Health Organization will begin reporting health data using ICD-11 in January of 2022. For the most up-to-date
information on ICD-11, visit http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/revision/en/. This website contains a wealth of
information about ICD-11.
The ICD classification system was designed to compile and present statistical data on morbidity (the
rate or frequency of disease) and mortality (the rate or frequency of deaths). Hospitals first used this form of
classification to track, store, and retrieve statistical information. However, a more efficient basis for the storage
and retrieval of diagnostic data was needed. In 1950, the Veterans Administration and the U.S. Public Health
Service began independent studies of the use of the ICD for hospital indexing purposes. By 1956, the American
Hospital Association and the American Association of Medical Record Librarians (now the American Health
Information Management Association) felt that the ICD form of classification provided an efficient and useful
vehicle for indexing hospital records.
With hospital indexing in mind, the WHO international conference published its eighth revision of the ICD
in 1966. Health care professionals in some countries found that ICD-8 lacked the detail needed for diagnostic
indexing. In the United States, consultants were asked to study ICD-8 for its applicability to various users. In
1968, the Advisory Committee to the Central Office on ICD published the International Classification of Diseases,
Eighth Revision, adapted for use in the United States. It became known as ICDA-8 and was used for coding
diagnostic data for both morbidity and mortality statistics in the United States.
In 1979, ICD-9-CM replaced earlier, less-specific versions of the classification system. ICD-9-CM
streamlined the other versions of ICD classification into a single system that was intended for use primarily in
U.S. hospitals. Please note that there is a difference between ICD-9 and ICD-9-CM. ICD-9 was developed
by the WHO, and in the United States we take the ICD-9 version and modify codes to create the clinical
modification of ICD-9 that will be used within the United States. The ICD-9-CM provided a more complete
classification system for morbidity data to be used for indexing and reviewing patient records and medical
care.
In 1992, the WHO published ICD-10, which is currently being used in many countries. In 1997, the National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) began testing the ICD-10 system for implementation of the diagnostic codes
in the United States. In the United States, the ICD codes are further developed into ICD-10-CM codes, which is
the clinical modification of ICD codes. This modification allows for the ICD-10-CM codes to be more effectively
used in clinical settings to capture diseases and signs and symptoms that patients display. In the United States,
the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is responsible for maintaining the ICD-10-CM diagnostic
codes.
As the NCHS was testing ICD-10-CM, the draft and the preliminary crossfunctionality between
ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM were made available on the NCHS website for public review and comment. In
the summer of 2003, the American Hospital Association and the American Health Information Management
Association conducted a field test for ICD-10-CM and reported the findings. Modifications were then made to the
tenth revision.
In 2001, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services funded a project to design a replacement system for
the procedural codes of ICD-9-CM. The contract to redesign the procedural codes was awarded to 3M Health
Information Systems. The new system is known as ICD-10 Procedure Coding System or ICD-10-PCS. The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for maintaining the procedure codes of
ICD-10-PCS.
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ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, when compared to ICD-9-CM, has additional information relevant to:
●● Ambulatory and managed-care encounters.
●● Expanded injury codes.
●● More combination diagnosis-symptom codes to reduce the number of codes needed to fully describe a
condition.
●● Expanded use of sixth and seventh characters.
●● Laterality and greater specificity in code assignment.
On August 22, 2008, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule
to adopt ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS to replace ICD-9-CM. On January 16, 2009, the final rule on adoption of
ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS was published with an implementation date of October 1, 2013. During 2012 the
implementation date of October 1, 2013 was reviewed and extended to October 1, 2014. And again in 2014, the
implementation date was changed to October 1, 2015.
This system has become the key storyteller to the insurance companies, explaining what brought the patient
into the office or facility (by means of a diagnostic code), as well as what services the facility provided (by means
of a procedural code). Because coding plays such a critical role in the reimbursement for services rendered,
correct coding practices are essential.
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research methodologies. The information that these professionals manage directly impacts patient care and
financial decisions made in the health care industry. Members of AHIMA feel that the quality of patient care is
directly related to the effectiveness of the information available.
Health care providers, insurance companies, and institutional administrators depend on the accuracy and
quality of that information. For this reason, AHIMA members are trained to provide a level of service that maintains
the quality and accuracy of the medical information they come into contact with.
AHIMA offers a number of certifications and credentials to ensure that its members meet the level of
proficiency needed by educated professionals to manage health care information. Members receive the following
certifications or credentials through a combination of education, experience, and performance on national
certification examinations:
●● CCA—Certified Coding Associate
●● CCS—Certified Coding Specialist
●● CCS-P—Certified Coding Specialist, Physician-Based
●● CDIP—Certified Documentation Improvement Practitioner
●● CHDA—Certified Health Data Analyst
●● CHPS—Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security
●● RHIA—Registered Health Information Administrator
●● RHIT—Registered Health Information Technician
Once the certifications have been obtained, continuing education credits are required to maintain them. These
credits can be obtained through conferences, seminars, classes, or other avenues of career development that
AHIMA publishes and makes available to its members.
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