HCPro, JustCoding Outpatient - 2022 Issue 34 (August)

Severity of dementia drives ICD-10-CM code selection

August 23rd, 2022

Each year, coders must review updates to the ICD-10-CM code set including new, revised, and deleted codes and reporting guidelines. Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, COC, CPC-I, explains that for 2023, coders will find several new codes in the “Mental, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders” chapter for dementia.

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