You might have heard that ICD-10 combines codes, but what does that mean ?
A distinguishing feature of ICD-10 is that it includes “combination codes.” These allow a physician to describe multiple diagnoses by using only 1 code or to describe a diagnosis with its complication. This reduces the number of codes needed while still providing detailed information.
For example, in ICD-9 the codes for type 2 Diabetes with Retinopathy are:
250.5, diabetes with ophthalmic manifestations, and 362.01-362.07, retinopathy.
In comparison, the ICD-10 codes describing type 2 Diabetes with Retinopathy are several. For example:
E11.32: Type 2 diabetes with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Much more straightforward.
A distinguishing feature of ICD-10 is that it includes “combination codes.” These allow a physician to describe multiple diagnoses by using only 1 code or to describe a diagnosis with its complication. This reduces the number of codes needed while still providing detailed information.
For example, in ICD-9 the codes for type 2 Diabetes with Retinopathy are:
250.5, diabetes with ophthalmic manifestations, and 362.01-362.07, retinopathy.
In comparison, the ICD-10 codes describing type 2 Diabetes with Retinopathy are several. For example:
E11.32: Type 2 diabetes with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Much more straightforward.
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