HealthLeaders Media June 21, 2023
Amanda Norris

Prepare your revenue cycle teams for several hundred new fiscal year 2024 ICD-10-CM codes now finalized to take effect October 1.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– Of the 395 new codes, 123 of them reside in the external causes of morbidity chapter of the ICD-10-CM manual, specifically new codes to capture accidents and injuries.

– When it comes to SDOH, there are 30 new diagnosis codes for factors influencing health status and contact with health services.

– Staying abreast of code updates is important as robust data related to patients’ needs is critical to hospitals’ efforts to improve the health of their patients and communities.

CMS recently announced the addition of 395 new diagnosis codes, 25 deletions to the diagnosis code set,...

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