Q&A: Determining PDX selection

Article Overview

This article is a coding Q&A for CDI and inpatient coding professionals about principal diagnosis selection under the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. It discusses the general framework used to determine the principal diagnosis, the role of inpatient admission circumstances, and the relationship between coding conventions, official guidelines, and Coding Clinic guidance. The piece is relevant to staff who assign or review inpatient diagnosis sequencing and want a high-level understanding of where the governing rules are found.