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Tag: ICD-10-PCS

International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System. ICD-10-PCS is a medical classification coding system for procedural codes and is an updated, expanded follow-up to ICD-9-PCS. ICD-10-PCS is used to classify and code inpatient hospital procedures in a patient’s medical record. ICD-10-PCS will be the official system of assigning codes to procedures associated with hospital utilization in the United States. ICD-10-PCS codes will support data collection, payment and electronic health records. ICD-10-PCS codes are used in a variety of clinical and health care applications for reporting, morbidity statistics, and billing.

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Coding for meaningful data: ICD-10-PCS root operations

May 24, 2017 / By Rhonda Butler

Root operations are core concepts at the heart of the ICD-10-PCS classification (PCS for short). Root operations are not created equal—some are more narrowly defined than others. It would be […]

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Remembering Dr. Bob: “The father of ICD-10-PCS”

Jan. 25, 2017 / By Rhonda Butler

Dr. Robert Mullin passed away on Friday, January 20. A sad day for all of us. Dr. Bob was one of the clearest, toughest, most visionary thinkers it has ever […]

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ICD-10 and good government

Aug. 15, 2016 / By Rhonda Butler

My years of posting blog diatribes against the politics behind the ICD-10 implementation saga may have sent a confusing message regarding government (as distinguished from politics), so I would like […]

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ICD-10 and DRG shifts: Your questions answered

July 11, 2016 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN, Donna Smith, RHIA

Cheryl:  So Donna, I have been getting a lot of questions from clients about ICD-10-CM and PCS lately. I was in elementary school when the last code switch occurred.  Can […]

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Conference takeways: Quality, outpatient CDI, ICD-10 and the real world

June 22, 2016 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN

I have been quite deficient in blog posts over the previous couple of months.  This is partially due to the work involved in preparing my presentations for the recent 3M […]

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ICD-10 after the code freeze: Finally, the ice is breaking

May 25, 2016 / By Rhonda Butler

In an earlier blog, I said it is a common misconception that ICD-10-CM/PCS is brand spanking new. But it isn’t. It is unused. Just as putting meat in the freezer […]

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ICD-10-PCS: Let it evolve

Sept. 28, 2015 / By Rhonda Butler

Ten years ago I had the chance to make my job portable and work from home, so I moved to a small town called Florence that I “discovered” on the […]

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ICD-10-PCS: Making It Real

Sept. 2, 2015 / By Rhonda Butler

A system for classifying knowledge is a framework for organizing information. It is usually a vastly simplified model of some aspect of reality as we understand it, like the periodic […]