International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System. ICD-10-PCS is a medical
classification coding system for procedural codes and is an updated, expanded follow-up to ICD-9-PCS. ICD-10-PCS is used to classify and code inpatient hospital procedures in a patient’s medical record. ICD-10-PCS will be the official system of assigning codes to procedures associated with hospital utilization in the United States. ICD-10-PCS codes will support data collection, payment and electronic health records. ICD-10-PCS codes are used in a variety of clinical and health care applications
for reporting, morbidity statistics, and billing.
Blog postAnother one bites the dust: The ICD-10-PCS FY 2023 updateIt happens every year around Memorial Day: The ICD-10 procedure code updates are posted on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) website just as people are thinking summer thoughts. […]
 Blog postCOVID-19 coding Q&AsJune 8, 2022 / By Sue Belley, RHIA, Audrey Howard, RHIA Various ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT® codes may be used to report hospital services for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. Here are a few Q&As from our 3M experts Sue Belley […]
Blog postAnother emergency update: The glass half full versionJan. 14, 2022 / By Rhonda Butler In December I posted a blog on the “new and improved normal,” discussing the April 1 ICD-10-CM/PCS update added to the schedule beginning in 2022. Two updates a year instead […] Blog postA “new and improved” normal: Changes for April 1 update announcedDec. 15, 2021 / By Rhonda Butler Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) jointly finalized a proposal to make the April 1 update of ICD-10-CM/PCS […] Blog postTwice annual ICD-10 code updates and more COVID-19 ICD-10-CM/PCS code proposalsSept. 27, 2021 / By Rhonda Butler The latest ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) was held virtually Sept. 14-15. First on the agenda, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its final joint decision […] Blog postICD-10-PCS and NTAP: Where do we go from here?June 16, 2021 / By Rhonda Butler The first draft of this blog was an exhaustive (and exhausting) summary of the actual changes to the FY 2022 ICD-10-PCS posted recently on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]
Blog postMore COVID-19 diagnosis and procedure codes: ICD-10-CM/PCS and MS-DRGs updated for January 1, 2021Dec. 1, 2020 / By Rhonda Butler In response to the national emergency declared for the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC has implemented six new ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes and CMS has implemented 21 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes for […]
Blog postPart 2: CMS announces new ICD-10-PCS codes to capture COVID-19 therapeuticsAug. 3, 2020 / By Audrey Howard, RHIA, Beth Wolf, MD, Julie Salomon, BSN, RN, Sue Belley, RHIA By now you are probably aware that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued 12 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes on July 30 for treatment of patients with COVID-19, […]
Blog postCMS announces new ICD-10-PCS codes to capture COVID-19 therapeutics — effective August 1July 31, 2020 / By Rhonda Butler Update: On August 6, CMS added two files to the ICD-10-PCS COVID-19 update posted on July 30. They are: 1) the xml file icd10pcs_tables_2021.xml containing the combined complete FY 2021 […]
Blog postAnnual ICD-10-PCS FY 2021 update summaryJune 22, 2020 / By Rhonda Butler The ICD-10-PCS update for FY 2021 was posted on May 28. Thankfully, there has been nothing unusual about the update cycle for ICD-10-PCS. There have been no interim updates and […]
Blog postFor the time-challenged: ICD-10 FY 2021 update summaryJune 15, 2020 / By Rhonda Butler Time is seriously weird stuff. 2020 so far has had that dream/nightmare quality that is somehow fast and slow at the same time. My memory of February, only four months […] Blog postICD-10-PCS stocktaking discussion at the September C&M meetingSept. 18, 2019 / By Rhonda Butler Classification systems like ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS are all about trade-offs—balancing the ongoing need for new levels of detail with the increasing complexity of the classification. PCS has its own unique […] What is the purpose of the ICDThe International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a U.S. cataloging system for procedural codes that track various health interventions taken by medical professionals.
What is the purpose of ICD PCS and CPT codes?ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS are code sets used to classify medical diagnoses, procedures, diagnostic tests, treatments, and equipment and supplies. These code sets are used for medical billing and statistical purposes.
What is ICD coding used for?Clinical terms coded with ICD are the main basis for health recording and statistics on disease in primary, secondary and tertiary care, as well as on cause of death certificates. These data and statistics support payment systems, service planning, administration of quality and safety, and health services research.
What is an ICDThe ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) is a system used by physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with hospital care in the United States.
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