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CMS issues updated ICD-10-CM coding guidelines for FY 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) have released the updated ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for fiscal year ...
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Back to basics: Understanding ICD-10-CM coding guidelines and clinical examples

ICD-10-CM coding can be challenging for coders in the outpatient setting. It is important to remember that the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide a road map to ensure ...
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Mastering ICD-10-CM for chronic care coding

ICD-10-CM is the U.S. clinical modification of the WHO’s ICD-10, essential for coding chronic and acute conditions accurately. With annual updates and specific guidelines, it underpins proper ...
Nature

Evaluating real-world deployment of an HL7-CDA-aligned LLM for ICD-10-CM coding

We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors ...
Nature

Automating the overburdened clinical coding system: challenges and next steps

Artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) have found a highly promising application in automated clinical coding (ACC), an innovation that will have profound impacts on the ...