Discussion:
Create a 400-600 words that answer to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Step 1: While assisting the coding manager in preparing for the electronic health record (EHR) implementation, you are reviewing diagnosis and procedure codes entered by the coders into the EHR.
• To understand the importance of the codes, discuss medical necessity and how the International Classification of Disease 9th Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM) and current procedural terminology (CPT) codes help to determine medical necessity.
Step 2: While discussing coding format for the EHR with the coding manager, you learn that The International Classification of Disease 10th
Clinical Modification Procedure Classification System (ICD-10-CM-PCS) will be effective soon. Discuss the following:
• Explain when it is effective and why it replaces ICD-9-CM codes.
• Is there a difference in format for these 2 coding systems?