Medical Coding: The ICD-10-PCS (Procedure Coding System)
Friday, December 21, 2007
The coding professional world is getting trained and waiting for the implementation of the ICD-10-PCS. Developed by The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) this new procedure coding system will be a successor to Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM and a modified version of the original ICD-10. Who is responsible for the implementation of the new coding system? Well it is the World Health Organization (WHO) that gave permission to the NCHS to develop the ICD-10-PCS and only the WHO has to decide on the date when the new system will replace the ICD-9-CM. The ICD-10-CM is the proposed replacement for ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1 & 2. Has the rest of the world also been implementing similar processes? Here is a document on the assessment of the ICD-10 in the South East Asia region from the WHO website http://whqlibdoc.who.int/searo/2002/SEA_HS_220.pdf
Take a look at the NCHS Homepage at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/Default.htm
Every medical code has seven characters that can be alphanumeric (either alphabets or numbers) These are the characters.
Procedure codes are numbers or alphanumeric codes used to identify specific health interventions taken by medical professionals. The ICD-10-PCS is a system of medical coding used for procedure codes.
The coding professional world is getting trained and waiting for the implementation of the ICD-10-PCS. Developed by The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) this new procedure coding system will be a successor to Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM and a modified version of the original ICD-10. Who is responsible for the implementation of the new coding system? Well it is the World Health Organization (WHO) that gave permission to the NCHS to develop the ICD-10-PCS and only the WHO has to decide on the date when the new system will replace the ICD-9-CM. The ICD-10-CM is the proposed replacement for ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1 & 2. Has the rest of the world also been implementing similar processes? Here is a document on the assessment of the ICD-10 in the South East Asia region from the WHO website http://whqlibdoc.who.int/searo/2002/SEA_HS_220.pdf
Take a look at the NCHS Homepage at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/Default.htm
Every medical code has seven characters that can be alphanumeric (either alphabets or numbers) These are the characters.
- Section
- Body System
- Root Operation
- Body Part
- Approach
- Device
- Qualifier
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