Lori
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Good Morning Coders!
What are you coding today?
Level of Detail in Coding
Diagnosis codes are to be used and reported at their highest number of characters
available and to the highest level of specificity documented in the medical record.
ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are composed of codes with 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 characters.
Codes with three characters are included in ICD-10-CM as the heading of a category of
codes that may be further subdivided by the use of fourth and/or fifth characters and/or
sixth characters, which provide greater detail.
What are you coding today?
Level of Detail in Coding
Diagnosis codes are to be used and reported at their highest number of characters
available and to the highest level of specificity documented in the medical record.
ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are composed of codes with 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 characters.
Codes with three characters are included in ICD-10-CM as the heading of a category of
codes that may be further subdivided by the use of fourth and/or fifth characters and/or
sixth characters, which provide greater detail.