Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the recording ...

Ophthalmology, gastroenterology and orthopedics are the most common ambulatory surgery center specialties. Ophthalmology accounts for 29 percent of all ASC case volume, gastroenterology 17 percent and ...

A new diagnosis coding methodology has been developed, effective Oct. 1, 2011, that enables more detailed and specific glaucoma diagnosis coding for those who have the need to track such data. It will ...

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Knee arthroscopy (single compartment) — In most cases, for multiple procedures performed within a single compartment, only the most complex procedure described in the procedure note should be coded.

On October 1, 2014, a new version of diagnosis coding -- the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) [1]-- goes into effect. A significant change for ...

Injuries to the eye are coded in chapter 19. Unlike the ICD-9 code book, the injury chapter in ICD-10 is not organized by type of injury. Rather, it is organized anatomically, and then by type of ...