ICD10monitor October 21, 2024
Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS

The basic foundation for any medical coding or clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professional includes the ICD-10-CM/PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, the American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic advice, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Code of Ethics and Standards of Ethical Coding, and other professional industry-accepted practice briefs. These extremely important publications are truly essential, and must not be ignored or forgotten. Keeping an eye on the basics is truly essential for coding accuracy and compliance.

I will briefly discuss a few of these, starting with the ICD-10-CM/PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, which tell us on the first page the following:

Adherence to these guidelines when assigning ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes is required under the...

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