The transition to ICD-10 is required for everyone covered by the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA). To assist health care professionals with the transition to ICD-10 codes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has developed a comprehensive ICD-10 Code Lookup tool.
This easy-to-use tool helps users to look up ICD-10 codes based on diagnosis description:
How to Use the ICD-10 Code Lookup Tool:
1. To find the correct ICD-10 code, type in part of the diagnosis description:
2. Click “Search,” and a list of suggested ICD-10 codes will pop up:
3. From there, select the ICD-10 code most appropriate for the diagnosis.
Troubleshooting:
Question: Can I type ICD-9 codes into the search box?
Answer: Do not enter ICD-9 codes into the search box. ICD-9 codes will not work in the description field:
Question: I typed in a description and nothing came up. What’s wrong?
Answer: The search field is very sensitive; we recommend that you double-check the spelling of descriptive words. For example, “Alzheimer” (partial word) and “Alzheimer’s” (complete word) will both pull up a list of ICD-10 codes. However, “Alzheimers” (missing the apostrophe) will not work in the description field:
Click Here to Use the ICD-10 Code Lookup tool.
For more information about the change from ICD-9 to ICD-10, visit www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/index.html.
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