A new device character value for character 6, “F” for “subcutaneous defibrillator lead” (for the S-ICD system), was added to Tables 0JH (Insertion), 0JP (Removal) and 0JW (Revision), effective October 1, 2019. Although the subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) system, manufactured by Boston Scientific, was approved by the FDA in 2012, a device character value for […]

Section I.C.19 of the “Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting” (OCG) contains the guidelines for ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes. Of all the chapters in ICD-10-CM, Chapter 19 (S00-T88) contains the most codes with 87 new codes added for FY 2020. That brings the Chapter 19 total to […]

The addition of a new sixth character option to code category L89, Pressure Ulcer, was approved at the September 2018 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee meeting. This sixth character resulted in the addition of 25 new codes, effective for FY2020. The sixth character, which happens to be “6,” is used to denote “pressure-induced deep tissue […]