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Good news – coders are cutting their ICD-10-CM coding error rate from an average of 15% just after the codes took effect in 2015 to 7% last year, attendees learned at this year’s AAPC Healthcon in Las Vegas.
You’ll have a manageable set of diagnosis code changes on Oct. 1 – a total of 406 new, revised and deleted codes – with providers who code non-pressure chronic ulcers receiving the bulk of the new codes in the form of 72 new diagnoses that fill in the blanks for ulcers without evidence of necrosis.
CMS confirmed Aug. 18 that it will end its ICD-10-CM coding flexibilities for Medicare Part B claims on Oct. 1, with no extension and no phase-in period for reporting the more specific codes.
The CDC and CMS have released information that should minimize any chaos associated with the Oct. 1 switch to the new ICD-10-CM codes.
Don't get bogged down by confusing ICD-10 characters -- especially the ones you find at the end of the line. With terminology that tends to run counter to intuition at times, selecting the correct seventh-character under ICD-10 can be a challenge, as we reported this week

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