ABSTRACT
The International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision Procedure Classification System (ICD-10-PCS) has been developed as a replacement for Volume 3 of the International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision. The development of ICD-10-PCS was funded by the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration. ICD-10-PCS has a multi-axial seven character alphanumerical code structure, which provides a unique code for all substantially different procedures and which allows new procedures to be easily incorporated as new codes. ICD-10-PCS was under development for over five years and the initial draft was formally tested and evaluated by an independent contractor. The final version of the ICD-10-PCS was released in the spring of 1998. The design, development and testing of ICD-10-PCS are discussed.
Subject(s)
Disease/classification , Medical Records/classification , Therapeutics/classification , Abstracting and Indexing , Forms and Records Control , Humans , Manuals as Topic , Terminology as Topic , United StatesSubject(s)
Ambulatory Care/classification , Insurance Claim Reporting/standards , Medical Records/standards , Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/economics , Prospective Payment System , Ambulatory Care/economics , Data Collection , Forms and Records Control , Medical Records/classification , Medical Records Department, Hospital , Medicare , United StatesABSTRACT
The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) has been developed as a replacement for Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM. This article will describe the development and structure of ICD-10-PCS--as well as describe the modifications that have been made to the system as a result of extensive review and testing.
