AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 8 (August)

The ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Process (August 2014)

August 2014 pages 10-12 The ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Process The International Classification of Diseases has undergone numerous modifications over the years in an effort to remain current with the ever-changing medical field. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) was completed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1992 and implemented in the United States for mortality coding and classification of death certificates in 1999. The US developed a Clinical Modification (CM) of the ICD-10 codes for medical diagnoses based on the WHO's ICD-10 and it is known as the ICD-10-CM. The ICD-10-CM code set has the ability...

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