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2018 UPDATES for ICD-10 CM and GEMs & Prep for TAHC&H Coding Conference

By Marissa Machado posted Jun 15,2017 01:14 PM

  

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has published the following updates to 2018 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) files.

 
Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice (TAHC&H) is very excited to notify you that planning is underway for a conference on ICD-10 competency including the 2018 newly, revised and deleted ICD-10 codes! The conference will be held in September 2017! The date and location to be determined very soon, so please stayed tuned to TAHC&H’s Upcoming Events for more information and please visit TAHC&H’s Upcoming Events page frequently for other great learning opportunities!
 

The 2018 ICD-10-CM files below contain information on the ICD-10-CM updates for FY 2018. These 2018 ICD-10-CM codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 and for patient encounters occurring from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.  

Note: The 2018 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) will be posted in August 2017. The 2018 ICD-10-CM guidelines, POA Exempt Codes, and Conversion table will be posted later, once they are finalized and received from CDC.

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