by Maggie Lamaster | Jun 25, 2024 | Coding, Coding Tips, Education & Training, News
April 2024 ICD-10-CM Coding Updates Updates: There are NO new ICD-10-CM codes for April 2024. Notes: They have done some cleanup with punctuation and grammar within the ICD-10-CM Manual. They have also done some updating, often making many ‘Excludes1’ into ‘Excludes2’...
by Maggie Lamaster | Jun 19, 2024 | Coding, Coding Tips, Education & Training, News
New codes for Sickle-Cell Disease with Dactylitis Valid for October 1, 2023 discharges Dactylitis: Otherwise known as ‘hand-foot syndrome’. Symptoms Include: Bilateral exquisite pain and swelling of hands and/or feet in children. Occurs between age 6...
by Maggie Lamaster | Jun 13, 2024 | CDI, Coding + CDI, Coding Tips, Education & Training, News
Cerebral Edema & Brain Compression Cerebral Edema Definition: Swelling of the brain. Can result from a variety of derangements that can stem from trauma, hypoxia, infection, CVA, intracerebral hemorrhage, metabolic derangements, hepatitis, Reye syndrome, carbon...
by Maggie Lamaster | Jun 11, 2024 | Coding, Coding Tips, Education & Training, News
Alagille Syndrome Alagille Syndrome is an inherited condition in which bile builds up in the liver because there are too few bile ducts to drain the bile. This results in liver damage. Symptoms Include: Yellow skin or eyes, itchy skin, delayed growth, hard skin bumps,...
by Maggie Lamaster | Jun 5, 2024 | Coding, Coding Tips, Education & Training, News
Parkinson’s Disease Here are some current terms and definitions used for Parkinson’s disease symptoms and new ICD-10-CM codes accompanying these terms. Terms and Definitions: ON TIME- G20.A1, Parkinson’s disease without dyskinesia, without mention of...