AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 5 (May)

ICD-10-CM Code Format (May 2014)

May 2014 pages 7-8 ICD-10-CM Code Format The April 2014 issue of the CPT Assistant provided a comparison between the ICD-9- CM diagnosis codes and the ICD-10-CM code set. This article provides a closer look at the format of the ICD-10-CM as we continue to educate our readers about this new diagnosis code set, which will have to be reported in conjunction with the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coded services and procedures when ICD-10-CM is implemented.* ICD-10-CM is organized in a manner similar to ICD-9-CM and is divided into two main parts: Alphabetic Index: A list of conditions...

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