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Industry experts and coders alike will be pleased to see the inclusion of 69 new codes to further identify the stage of severity, as well as behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
 
These were included as part of the 1,176 new codes released June 10 with the FY2023 ICD-10 final code update. The code update also includes two hundred Tabular and Alpha Index changes. The CDC has also posted the FY2023 guidelines along with the code update. These changes will take effect Oct. 1.
 
Critical care billing errors can be a bad habit warns Scott Kraft, CPMA, CPC, auditor for DoctorsManagement.
CPT Appendix T contains 38 codes that can be performed through an audio-only connection, but check with your payers first.
 
Brain illness and injury, with a focus on dementia-related diagnoses, occupy a high volume of the 1,495 proposed changes to the ICD-10-CM code set announced today.
 
As the COVID public health emergency endures, you’ll find a new code that you can report when providing a Moderna booster shot, along with a complementary administration code.

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