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Providers could have 435 code changes to deal with starting Oct. 1 with 247 new codes, 139 revised codes and 49 codes rendered invalid, according to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule released April 24.
Want to test your coding skills? Try your head hand at selecting the correct diagnosis and procedure codes for these three headache treatments and put your answers in the comments.
As Thanksgiving approaches and you prepare to gather with family, eat platefuls of turkey and delectable sides and perhaps avoid a thorny conversation about politics or another blood-boiling topic du jour, don't forget to consider your most amicable diagnosis coding set.
October is right around the corner. In addition to cooler nights and pumpkins that means it will be time to use the latest ICD-10-CM codes.

In light of Harvey, Irma and other major storms this season, CDC has issued updated coding guidelines for external cause coding due to a major storm.

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