FY 2019 Official Guidelines for Coding & Reporting were released on Thursday and contain notable changes.
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released and posted the fiscal year (FY) 2019 official guidelines for coding and reporting ICD-10-CM.
Oct 1, 2018 will bring some notable changes that will help with coding accuracy and drive clinical coded data integrity. The Conventions address “WITH,” by providing some clarification language. The word “with” or “in” should be interpreted to mean “associated with” or “due to” when it appears in a code title, the Alphabetic Index (either under a main term or subterm), or an instructional note in the Tabular List.
The General Guideline section has additions and revisions to #14 addressing “Social Determinant” codes Z55-Z65. Also changes to General guideline #19, “Coding for Healthcare Encounters in Hurricane Aftermath, which includes Coding for Healthcare Encounters in Hurricane Aftermath.”
Some chapter specific guidelines for FY2019 include the following:
Be sure to learn more about these and other changes and be ready for Oct. 1. All hospital inpatient and outpatient (including physician office) coding professionals are to be used for discharges occurring from Oct. 1, 2018 through Sept. 30, 2019. It’s also important for clinical documentation integrity specialists (CDISs) to review the changes.
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