Diagnosis and treatment planning are arguably the centerpiece of dental practice. Quantifying and recording a patient's complete set of dental and medical diagnoses requires the use of a common coding ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released 1,176 new ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for implementation on October 1. A total of 1,176 new diagnosis codes were recently finalized within ...

The health care industry is “not progressing at a suitable pace” to be ready for tens of thousands of new government-mandated “ICD-10” codes used to describe diseases and hospital procedures in the ...

CMS suggests 1,495 total changes to the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code set in the FY 2023 IPPS proposed rule. Brain illness and injury, with a focus on dementia-related diagnoses, occupy a high volume of ...

WASHINGTON – Complex rehab technology (CRT) stakeholders were pleasantly surprised when CMS recently removed the ICD-10 requirements for skin protection and positioning cushions and backs.

Many rare diseases don't have an ICD code, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH is exploring ways to best expand those codes to benefit rare disease patients and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. Less than 5 percent of physician practice have made “significant ...

K8060 Calculus of gallbladder and bile duct with cholecystitis, unspecified, without obstruction L24A2 Irritant contact dermatitis due to fecal, urinary or dual incontinence L24B3 Irritant contact ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a list of new and invalid ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes, effective Oct. 1, according a report from the American Academy of Professional ...

If you're struck by a macaw, sucked into a jet engine or are having relationship problems with your in-laws, fear not: Your doctor now has a medical diagnosis code for that. On Thursday, doctors, ...