
Learn ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding basics, transition from ICD-9-CM, and chapter-specific guidelines, including seven-character codes, placeholders, and index-versus-tabular rules.
Navigate ICD-10-CM chapter 1 on infectious diseases, learn when to code organisms (B95–B97), antibiotic resistance with Z16, MRSA exceptions, and sepsis and HIV guidelines.
Learn how to code neoplasms with ICD-10-CM, using the alphabetic index and neoplasm table to distinguish malignant, benign, and uncertain tumors, including primary versus secondary site sequencing.
Examine the icd-10-cm chapter 3 codes for diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (d50–d89), including nutritional and hemolytic anemia, and note exclusions and cross references to chapter 9.
Explore ICD-10-CM chapter 4 codes for endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases, including diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2 and related conditions. Note neoplasms belong to chapter 2.
Explore chapter 5 mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders codes F01–F99, including dementia and vascular dementia distinctions, substance use codes, and pain disorders with related psychological factors.
This chapter covers icd-10-cm nervous system codes (g00–g99), lateral coding for hemiplegia, dominant hand defaults, and g89 pain coding with excludes.
Explore chapter seven: diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), including glaucoma coding rules, bilateral eye considerations, seventh-character staging, and excludes notes.
Explore chapter 8 diseases of the ear and mastoid process and its coding structure. Code external, middle, and inner ear conditions with excludes notes, post procedural complications, and impacted earwax.
Explore ICD-10-CM chapter 9 coding for diseases of the circulatory system, including hypertension and hypertensive heart and kidney disease, and acute myocardial infarction coding rules.
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