The ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) is a system used by physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with hospital care in the United States.
ICD-10-CM CATEGORY CODE RANGE SPECIFIC CONDITION ICD-10 CODE Diseases of the Circulatory System I00 –I99 Essential hypertension I10 Unspecified atrial fibrillation I48.91 Diseases of the Respiratory System J00 –J99 Acute pharyngitis, NOS J02.9 Acute upper respiratory infection J06._ Acute bronchitis, *,unspecified J20.9 Vasomotor rhinitis J30.0
The new codes are for describing the infusion of tixagevimab and cilgavimab monoclonal antibody (code XW023X7), and the infusion of other new technology monoclonal antibody (code XW023Y7).
Each 3-digit category can be divided into 10 4-digit subcategories ICD-10 contains 21 chapters The first character of each ICD-10 code is a letter, and letters are associated with chapters.
Valuable supplement to underlying cause data By using only the underlying cause of death, valuable information is lost In the United States, about 75% of death certificates have more than one condition listed, with the average about 3 conditions An underused resource
The ICD is maintained and coordinated by WHO; ICD-CM is maintained by the United States, but coordinated with WHO The ICD is updated every 10-20 years; ICD-CM is updated annually The ICD-CM has greater detail than the ICD
Through “direct sequel” Rule 3 a third code K259 is selected instead of K922 as tentative underlying cause because the gastric hemorrhage is a direct sequel of K25.9 as per Table E (Part 2c).
Code R99, Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality, is only for use in the very limited circumstance when a patient who has already died is brought into an emergency department or other healthcare facility and is pronounced dead upon arrival. It does not represent the discharge disposition of death.
For a discharge of death you will need the discharge summary to summarize the signs and symptoms a the very least that brought the patient to the facility. Yoy cannot code brain death if it is not documented. It is not up to the coder to decide the manner of death. Click to expand...