| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
alpha-numeric characters. This value does not include the decimal point,
which follows the third character for the ICD-10-CM code set. There is no
decimal point in the ICD-10-PCS code set.
These code sets have the potential to reveal more about quality of care,
so that data can be used in a more meaningful way to better understand
complications, better design clinically robust algorithms, and better
track the outcomes of care. ICD-10-CM also incorporates greater
specificity and clinical detail to provide information for clinical
decision making and outcomes research.
Class 1 Software Remediation project replaces the 30-year-old set of
diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-9-CM) that medical personnel use.
Dates of service, or dates of discharge for inpatients, that occur on or
after the implementation date will use the ICD-10 code set. Clinical
Modification (ICD-10-CM) diagnosis codes increase from about 13,000 ICD-9
codes to more than 68,000. Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) procedure
codes increase from about 3,800 ICD-9 codes to nearly 87,000. Both
systems also expand the number of characters allotted to seven
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