New Technology Code: External Sheath for CABG Updates: New codes are valid for October 1, 2023 discharges. Notes: It is important to submit accurate ‘new technology’ codes because CMS provides an extra incremental payment (in addition to the MS-DRG payment) for...
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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’...
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...
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...