A major update was released this week by both CMS (ICD-10-PCS which is the procedure portion) and the CDC (ICD-9-CM which is the diagnosis portion) updating their previous draft versions. On the diagnosis side, 1,982 new codes were added, 983 codes deleted and 1,029 codes revised. For the procedure codes, there are 2,193 new codes, 2,823 codes deleted, and 737 codes revised. While this sounds like a lot, it’s actually just a small percentage of the approximately 70,000 codes contained in each of the two groups of codes.
In addition, the GEM files (used for mapping ICD-9-CM to/from ICD-10-CM/PCS) have also been updated along with revised 2010 Coding Guidelines, Indexes, Drug Tables, Reference Manuals and updated mapping for MSDRG reimbursement. It is anticipated that these files will now continue to be updated annually until the final implementation target date of 10/1/2013.
Context4 Healthcare has the complete ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code set files (codes and complete descriptions) available in data friendly file formats.
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