Are you ready to transition to ICD-10 on October 1, 2014? To help make sure you’re prepared, CMS has released a new MLN Connects™ video on ICD-10 Coding Basics.
Sue Bowman from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) provides a basic introduction to ICD-10 coding, including:
- Similarities to and differences from ICD-9
- ICD-10 code structure
- Coding process and examples
- 7th Character
- Placeholder "x"
- Excludes notes
- Unspecified codes
- External cause codes
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