AHIMA September 7, 2021
The updates to ICD-10-PCS for fiscal year 2022 were released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in June 2021. One hundred ninety-one new codes were introduced, and 107 codes were deleted, for a net increase of 84 codes over the total for 2021. Additionally, 62 codes had revisions made to their titles.
This article will provide a summary of some notable changes.
Changes to ICD-10-PCS Tables
There are 40 ICD-10-PCS tables that experienced changes for 2022. Additions to the tables in the Medical and Surgical Section are noted below by body system.
- Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves
- 00D – Body part character values 0 Brain and 7 Cerebral Hemisphere were added for the root operation...
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