Coding Corner Question: May

ICD-10 Word Search

Hidden in this word search are some of the medical terms that will be associated with ICD-10 coding when it’s eventually implemented in October 2015. If these codes are not familiar to your current documentation, perhaps you could benefit from one of the daylong coding courses the ACR is offering around the country. Visit the Practice Management page of www.rheumatology.org to get more information on an ICD-10 coding class near you.

Bonus: The unused letters reveal a message to ACR members.

Alphanumeric
Anatomical
Asymptomatic
Drug induced
External cause
Idiopathic
Laterality
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Pathological
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Pregnancy
Seronegative
Seropositive
Tophi

The ICD-10 page on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website features a countdown clock that shows the time left until Oct. 1, 2015, the date on which compliance with the new code set becomes mandatory. By the time this issue goes to press, the clock will read 90 or fewer days. Time…

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