The ICD-10-CM updates for 2023 are effective October 1 2022! Important changes were made to coding for complications, dementia, malignant neoplasms of lymphoid tissue, pregnancy, abortion, underdosing and diabetes mellitus.

Also in this book are tables that summarize coding guidelines and decision trees for coding hypertension, myocardial infarctions, sepsis and severe sepsis, HIV/AIDS coding, and COVID-19. These tables and decision trees provide step-by-step guidance to help select the correct code for a specific case. Finally, the book contains quizzes for self-testing.

This book was developed by a certified coding teacher to help her students and others understand the complicated and confusing guidelines.

Author: Terry Tropin