The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) have released the updated ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for fiscal year ...

CMS and the American Academy of Professional Coders hosted a Code-a-Thon on April 26, at which coding experts from AAPC responded to nearly 250 questions from more than 1,200 participants, according ...

ICD-10-CM is the U.S. clinical modification of the WHO’s ICD-10, essential for coding chronic and acute conditions accurately. With annual updates and specific guidelines, it underpins proper ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted a video on YouTube featuring footage from its April ICD-10 Code-a-Thon, according to an AAPC report. The Code-a-Thon was held in collaboration ...

395 new diagnosis codes have been proposed by CMS for fiscal year 2024. CMS recently released the fiscal year 2024 inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, and with it came the annual ...

The fiscal year 2024 ICD-10-CM codes are now effective, and they will impact your reimbursement. Earlier this year, CMS announced the addition of 395 new diagnosis codes, 25 deletions to the diagnosis ...

Inpatient encounters for Medicare patients 65 years and older are associated with higher coding intensity compared with commercially insured, Medicaid, or self-pay hospitalizations for those same ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on Tuesday a 1.5 percent cut to the amount it pays hospitals, a move designed to recover $11 billion in overpayments. The American Taxpayer ...

Medical professionals and healthcare facilities must complete different forms when billing for the services they provide. These are not forms you need to complete yourself. Claim form CMS-1500 is for ...