Paper on ICD-9-CM,
Paper on ICD-9-CM, CPT, and HCPCS Coding
By: Crystal Farrell
The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), is used in assigning codes to diagnoses associated with inpatient, outpatient, and physician office utilization in the U.S.
Volume 1: The numeric listing of diseases, classified by etiology and anatomical system, as well as a classification of other reasons for encounters and causes of injury. This is called the tabular section of ICD-9-CM. Volume 1 is used by all health care providers and facilities.
Volume 2: The alphabetic index used to locate the codes in Volume 1. Volume 2 is used by all health care providers and facilities
Volume 3: A procedural classification with a tabular section and an index. This set of procedure codes is used only by hospitals to report services.
Category I: Procedures that are consistent with contemporary medical practice and are widely performed.
Category II: Supplementary tracking codes that can be used for performance measures.
Category III: Temporary codes for emerging technology, services and procedures.
It is important to become familiar with each category and how the codes will be used. It is also important to know when codes from another system, such as HCPCS Level II, are required. Category I codes are the five-digit numeric codes included in the main body of CPT. Category I is the section that coders usually identify with when talking about CPT. These codes represent procedures that are consistent with contemporary medical practice and are widely performed.
Category I codes are updated annually and are broken down into six sections.
1. Evaluation and Management
2. Anesthesiology
3. Surgery
4. Radiology
5. Pathology and Laboratory
6. Medicine
Evaluation and management codes are the most commonly billed codes in medicine. These are the codes for every office visit/encounter a physician has with a patient.
V codes are used to describe encounters with
By: Crystal Farrell
The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), is used in assigning codes to diagnoses associated with inpatient, outpatient, and physician office utilization in the U.S.
Volume 1: The numeric listing of diseases, classified by etiology and anatomical system, as well as a classification of other reasons for encounters and causes of injury. This is called the tabular section of ICD-9-CM. Volume 1 is used by all health care providers and facilities.
Volume 2: The alphabetic index used to locate the codes in Volume 1. Volume 2 is used by all health care providers and facilities
Volume 3: A procedural classification with a tabular section and an index. This set of procedure codes is used only by hospitals to report services.
Category I: Procedures that are consistent with contemporary medical practice and are widely performed.
Category II: Supplementary tracking codes that can be used for performance measures.
Category III: Temporary codes for emerging technology, services and procedures.
It is important to become familiar with each category and how the codes will be used. It is also important to know when codes from another system, such as HCPCS Level II, are required. Category I codes are the five-digit numeric codes included in the main body of CPT. Category I is the section that coders usually identify with when talking about CPT. These codes represent procedures that are consistent with contemporary medical practice and are widely performed.
Category I codes are updated annually and are broken down into six sections.
1. Evaluation and Management
2. Anesthesiology
3. Surgery
4. Radiology
5. Pathology and Laboratory
6. Medicine
Evaluation and management codes are the most commonly billed codes in medicine. These are the codes for every office visit/encounter a physician has with a patient.
V codes are used to describe encounters with