Many rare diseases don't have an ICD code, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH is exploring ways to best expand those codes to benefit rare disease patients ...

ICD 10 CM study reveals sex-based disparities in alcohol-associated hepatitis, with women at greater risk of sepsis and ...

CPT codes rather than ICD codes may be a more effective proxy to determine the actual number of skin cancers experienced by an individual patient, according to a study.“Patients can develop ...

The codes attached to a certain patient are used to track general trends or other medical purposes, according to experts, not for tracking specific individuals. Post misleads on medical codes ...

ICD-10-CM codes must be submitted to the payer in order for a health care provider to receive reimbursement for medical services.

Having an ICD-10 code to document the proper diagnosis ensures that patients are categorized and treated accurately and helps us know what to expect for any given patient.

Of the 395 new ICD-10-CM codes, 123 of them are external cause codes to capture accidents and injuries. CMS also proposes 36 new codes for osteoporosis with current pathological pelvic fracture.

Researchers compared billing codes from electronic health records to accurately quantify how many skin cancers patients had.

Medical practitioners can enter the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) code "W17.9" to quickly register another fall from a milk crate.

A complete list of all sleep medicine ICD-10 codes, including those for insomnia, hypersomnia, narcolepsy, and other sleep medicine conditions.