Navigating ICD-10 Codes
Chapter | Code Range | Description |
1 | A00-B99 | Certain Infectious and Parasitic Disease ... |
2 | C00-D49 | Neoplasms |
3 | D50-D89 | Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming ... |
4 | E00-E89 | Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Dis ... |
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The following 72,752 ICD-10-CM codes are billable/specific and can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes as there are no codes with a greater level of specificity under each code. Displaying codes 1-100 of 72,752: A00.0 Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae. A00.1 Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar eltor. A00.9 Cholera, unspecified.
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).
ICD-10 external cause codes provide details explaining the events surrounding an injury, which are especially useful in collecting statistics for policy decisions concerning public health . These ICD-10 codes also play an important role in workers’ compensation claims.
The first 3 characters refer to the code category. As such, they represent common traits, a disease or group of related diseases and conditions.
ICD-10-CM codes consist of three to seven characters. Every code begins with an alpha character, which is indicative of the chapter to which the code is classified. The second and third characters are numbers. The fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh characters can be numbers or letters.
ICD-10 refers to the tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases, which is a medical coding system chiefly designed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to catalog health conditions by categories of similar diseases under which more specific conditions are listed, thus mapping nuanced diseases to broader morbidities.
ICD-10-PCS is composed of 17 sections, represented by the numbers 0–9 and the letters B–D, F–H and X. The broad procedure categories contained in these sections range from surgical procedures to substance abuse treatment and new technology.
Sections II – IV Conventions outline rules and principles for the selection of primary diagnoses, reporting additional diagnoses, and diagnostic coding and report ing of outpatient services.
Shortly after the release of ICD-9 in 1979, the US created its own version, known as the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification—or, ICD-9-CM. The development of ICD-9-CM was a tremendous boon.