The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the ICD-10-CM code updates for the 2024 fiscal year (FY), which will be effective starting Oct. 1. The update includes more than 433 diagnosis code changes, including 395 code additions, 25 code deletions, and 13 code revisions.
It is essential for coding professionals to stay up-to-date with these annual code changes, and to understand how to apply them. It is also important that all applicable team members, including coders, physicians, and clinical documentation integrity specialists (CDISs) are educated regarding the coding and documentation requirements.
During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Leigh Poland, vice president of the coding service line at AGS Health, will report on the new code updates.
Poland has more than 20 years of coding experience and has worked in the coding and education realm throughout that time. Her true passion is coding education, making sure coders are equipped to do their job accurately and with excellence.
The weekly broadcast will also feature these outstanding segments and thought leaders:
• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant with Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC, will have the latest coding news.
• SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject-matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of coding and the SDoH.
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, CPA, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, will report on a subject that has caught her attention.