Overview
What are ICD-10 code updates?
Every year, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates the list of ICD-10 codes permitted for billing patient encounters. The yearly update includes ICD-10 code additions, revisions, and deletions. Click here to review the latest ICD-10 code information from CMS.How does Elation maintain the latest ICD-10 code changes?
To ensure only valid ICD-10 codes are used, Elation automatically updates your account with the corresponding ICD-10 code changes on the date that the changes take effect. Once this update is complete,:- Only valid ICD-10 codes will appear as search results within the problem lists, visit note assessment, and Billing Form.
- Deprecated ICD-10 codes will continue to remain in all historical records, including the patient’s Problem List.
- You will still be able to export deprecated ICD-10 codes to the Assessment section of the visit note, but you will not be able to export deprecated ICD-10 codes to the Billing section of the visit note since deprecated codes are non-billable. Click here to learn more about managing deprecated ICD-10 codes.
- To identify deprecated ICD-10 codes in the Problem List, use one of the two methods:
- Look for an orange dot to the left of the problem.
- Refer to a banner at the the top of the Problem List that tells you how many non-billable codes are in the Problem List.
Workflow Instructions
Managing yearly ICD-10 updates
To avoid exporting deprecated ICD-10 codes to your visit notes, we recommend- Updating any deprecated ICD-10 codes in your patients’ Problem List with one of the following options detailed in this article.
- Review and update any deprecated ICD-10 codes in each patient’s Problem List as they come in for their next encounter.
- Search for all patients with deprecated ICD-10 codes and update them before waiting for the patients’ next encounters.
- Reviewing your Visit Note Templates and updating any deprecated ICD-10 codes with appropriate, current alternatives.