Significant ICD-10 coding changes happen this Sunday, October 1^st

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) will release their ICD-10-PCS updates for 2018 this coming Sunday, October 1^st.

This is a significant update that impacts 6,029 ICD-10 PCS codes.  HHS is adding 3,562 codes, revising 1,821 codes and dropping 646 codes.

Your practice should strive to sign every treatment note prior to Saturday night, September 30^th.   As of Sunday, claims submitted will require the updated ICD-10 codes.

Systems4PT will assist with these changes as follows:

As of Sunday, October 1^st,

If a note contains any outdated ICD-10 code(s) the therapist will be blocked from signing

A pop up bubble will explain which ICD-10 code needs to be updated

The therapist can then use the ICD-10 search tool to find the new, 2018  ICD-10 code(s) and replace the expired code(s).