AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 7 (July)
ICD-10-CM Conventions (Part 2): Punctuation and Abbreviations (July 2014)
July 2014 pages 6-7 ICD-10-CM Conventions (Part 2): Punctuation and Abbreviations There are various conventions in the ICD-10-CM code set, and one of them is the instructional notes, which was previously discussed in the June 2014 CPT Assistant's ICD-10-CM Alert article entitled "Conventions of ICD-10-CM." To continue the discussion of the ICD-10-CM conventions, this article will focus on the use of abbreviations and punctuations in the ICD-10-CM code set. Abbreviations One of the types of conventions that is provided to help direct users is the abbreviations. There are two types of abbreviations in the ICD-10-CM code set and...
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