ICD-10: CMS Outlines New ICD-10 Codes for 2012

Consider these changes that have already been instituted before the code set even takes effect.

You may not be completely familiar with the ICD-10 code set yet, but it continues to grow anyway.

CMS recently posted the 2012 ICD-10 code update, which not only shows which codes were added, deleted, and revised this year, but also offers information on the new diagnosis coding system, which will be mandatory for all providers as of Oct. 1, 2013.

For example: In 2011, the ICD-10 code for juvenile absence epilepsy was G40.3 (Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes). This year, however, the ICD-10 manual includes [...]

- Published on 2012-01-13