Effective October 1: 2019 ICD-10 Codes
To help you avoid rejections and denials, all NextGen Healthcare clients—including those managed by NextGen® Managed Cloud Services—must act now to update ICD-10 codes.
To ensure a smooth transition, we’ve created a Success Community article titled 2019 ICD-10 Update Process Overview that contains step-by-step instructions to update your ICD-10 codes.
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The updated 2019 ICD-10-CM and 2019 ICD-10-PCS codes must be used for discharges and patient encounters effective October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. The changes include:
- 279 new codes
- 143 code revisions
- 51 deletions
CMS Guidelines for ICD-10 Coding and Reporting FY 2019 are available here.
Please direct concerns or questions to AskICD10@nextgen.com.
You may also submit a case through the NextGen Healthcare Success Community using the category Practice Management and the topic PM Financial, or the category of Knowledge Base Model (KBM) and the topic of KBM Ancillary Tools if it is KBM-related.