Explore the latest in medical coding, including the use of ICD-9 and ICD-10 classifications in practice, billing, and research.
This cohort study assesses the performance of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) Z59 codes for identifying housing instability during health care encounters.
This repeated cross-sectional study compares the updated version 3 pediatric complex chronic condition system with version 2 using hospitalization data from the Pediatric Health Information System and the Medicaid Merative MarketScan Research Databases from 2009 to 2019 for all patients aged 0 to 18 years.
This cohort study examines the utility of adapting the Risk Analysis Index for Frailty using diagnostic codes and whether the adapted version is associated with adverse outcomes.
This quality improvement study investigates usage patterns of codes for inflammatory arthritides under International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision vs International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision.
This cohort study describes early trends in the use of new audio-only telemedicine claims modifiers 93 and FQ in Washington State, which were introduced to improve the designation and identification of audio-only telemedicine claims.
This cohort study assesses the rates, risk factors, clinical setting, and symptoms associated with the documentation of International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code U09.9 for post鈥揅OVID-19 condition among US veterans with positive test results for SARS-CoV-2.
This cross-sectional study identifies and categorizes durable medical equipment and supplies within the Healthcare Common Procedures Coding System and compares the prevalence, type, and spending used in different populations of children.
This Viewpoint discusses how the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-11), made available in January 2022, will affect the US health care system.
This Viewpoint discusses the legal risks physicians and health care facilities may incur by miscoding a surgical or chemical abortion as a miscarriage to conceal an abortion procedure.
This cross-sectional study examines trends in the use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes for social determinants of health in the US from 2011 to 2021.
This cross-sectional study examines the association between a hospital鈥檚 share of privately insured patients and diagnostic coding practices.
This Viewpoint discusses the need for existing quality and reimbursement programs to adjust their data collection and quality measurement to ensure that data reported and reimbursement provided truly reflect the patient population being treated.
This cross-sectional study assesses the use of Medicare's cognitive assessment and care planning codes in the first 2 years of their introduction.
This quality improvement study assesses the comorbidities associated with COVID-19 diagnostic codes in US health insurance claims.
This cross-sectional study examines the changes in coding of coronary artery bypass graft procedures after the transition from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision to the Tenth Revision.
This study uses administrative claims data to describe trends in use of ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for novel coronavirus patients in January-May 2020, before and afer the April 1 release of the U07.1 code to facilitate billing for and case monitoring of COVID-19.
This study uses Medicare data to estimate mortality differences for common medical conditions (pneumonia, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, urinary tract infection, others) at US critical access vs non鈥揷ritical access hospitals between 2007 and 2017 with vs without adjustment for discharge diagnosis counts to assess the extent to which coding practices rather than illness severity might account for observed mortality differences.
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