New ICD-9-CM 2010 Code Updates

The New, Revised and Invalid ICD-9 codes take effect October 1, 2009. Each year, BDA provides tools to assist physicians and organizations with the ICD-9 code changes. We’ve put together a Power Point presentation that goes over these 2010 icd 9 changes for you. Neglecting to update your ICD-9 codes annually could delay claims and payments so take advantage of these resources now to avoid any delay in your payment for services.

New ICD-9 Codes

In the New ICD Codes category, the E-codes have been expanded significantly.

As part of the 2009 Addenda for ICD-9-CM, an expansion has been made changing the three digit code 488 to a category, with two new codes added: 488.0, Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus, and 488.1, Influenza due to identified novel H1N1 influenza virus. These codes have been created to provide data capture for the novel H1N1 influenza virus (swine flu virus), which was first identified in April, after the March 2009 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.

Get the Updates

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Updated ICD-9 Guidelines

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), two departments within the U.S. Federal Government’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provide these updated guidelines for coding and reporting using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). These guidelines should be used as a companion document to the official version of the ICD-9-CM as published on CD-ROM by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).

The official updated guidelines released by the CDC have been approved by the four organizations that make up the Cooperating Parties for the ICD-9-CM: the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), CMS, and NCHS.

ICD-9-CM Guidelines

Official Guidelines for coding are included on the CD-ROM provided by the CDC. They have been approved by the Cooperating Parties and the Editorial Advisory Board for Coding Clinic for the ICD-9-CM. The ICD-9-CM Guidelines were created on 08/31/2009 and are effective as of 10/01/2009. An ICD-9-CM Code Conversion Table table for diagnostic and procedural code changes between 1986-2009 is provided to assist users in data retrieval. The table shows the date the new code became effective and its previously assigned code equivalent. New codes effective October 1, 2009, are shown in bold.