AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2021 Issue 4; Section X-New Technology
New Technology Group 1 Update
At the September 11-12, 2018 ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee Meeting CMS announced plans to begin analyzing the frequency of the New Technology Group 1 codes within Section X as it has been 3 years since the implementation of these codes. At the March 9-10, 2021 C&M Committee Meeting, CMS announced that based on review of the data and the clinical aspects of each procedure code, CMS proposed one of the options below: 1. Leave the code in Section X (e.g., procedure codes related to the administration of a specific medication) 2. Reassign the code...
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Article Overview
This article explains CMS’s review of ICD-10-PCS New Technology Group 1 codes in Section X and the resulting FY 2022 updates. It is relevant to hospital coders, CDI professionals, and coding managers who track ICD-10-PCS maintenance activity, code reclassification, and technology-related classification changes. The article covers the general decision pathways CMS considered for these codes and the categories of changes implemented for FY 2022.
Why This Topic Matters
Updates to ICD-10-PCS Section X can affect how procedures are classified and maintained in the code set. Readers who work with inpatient procedure coding need to stay current on which technologies remain in Section X, which are moved or deleted, and which new Med/Surg codes are added.
What You Will Learn
- Why CMS reviewed New Technology Group 1 codes in Section X
- The types of maintenance outcomes CMS considered for these codes
- How the FY 2022 update changed the Section X landscape at a high level
- What kinds of Med/Surg additions were created from previously Section X technology codes
Who Should Read This
- Inpatient coders
- Coding managers
- Clinical documentation integrity specialists
- Hospital reimbursement staff
- ICD-10-PCS educators
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