Specifically, the tools center around the use of ICD-10-CM Z codes. These are designed to denote certain factors that might influence health status, or explain reasons for medical encounters having to ...

A: ICD-10-CM code category D59.- (acquired hemolytic anemia) includes codes for hemolytic anemia from acquired conditions that result in the premature destruction of red blood cells, as opposed to ...

The fiscal year 2021 update to the ICD-10-CM code set introduced new codes to describe cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as a cytokine storm.

Hude Quan, Vijaya Sundararajan, Patricia Halfon, Andrew Fong, Bernard Burnand, Jean-Christophe Luthi, L. Duncan Saunders, Cynthia A. Beck, Thomas E. Feasby, William A ...

Lack of transportation, for example, does not have its own code. In this video, Kuwahara discusses her research on unmet social needs and how ICD-10 Z codes can help address them.

The current international standard for medical coding is ICD-10 (the tenth version of International Classification of Disease codes), from the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, the DSM-5 codes will have to reflect those from the ICD-10-CM because use of the ICD-10-CM becomes mandatory by all health professionals in October 2013.