ICD-10-CM Expert for Hospitals 2021 by Optum360

The Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting for 2021 are bound into this book. This code book contains the complete updated 2021 code set along with updated guidelines.

The ICD-10-CM Expert for Hospitals 2021, uses Optum360's hallmark features and format, making the challenge of accurate diagnosis coding easier for acute care and long-term care hospitals (LTCH). This code book contains the complete ICD-10-CM code set, MCEs, and ICD-10 MS-DRG edits with symbols identifying codes for comorbidities/complications (CC) and major comorbidities/complications (MCC). Also identified are hospital acquired conditions (HAC) and CMS hierarchical condition categories (HCC).

New features in Professional and Expert editions of 2021 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals:

• Chapter 22. Codes for Special Purposes (U codes, COVID, Vaping)
• Complete list of new revised and deleted codes
• Conversion table identifying new codes
• Coding Tips specific Hospital settings
• More definitions added for diagnostic terms
• New icon identifies complex and severe wounds for Medicare Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH)

Key features and benefits of this ICD 10 code book:

• Optum360 Edge — Intuitive features and format. Visual alerts, including color-coding and symbols that identify coding notes and instructions, additional character requirements, placeholder X, Medicare Code Edits (MCE), manifestation codes, HCCs, QPP, and unspecified codes.
• Coding tips. Coding tips are reviewed and updated, and assist in appropriate code selection.
• Clinical definitions. Clinical definitions help provide a better understanding of complex ICD-10-CM diagnostic terms.
• List of code changes and conversion table. A list of all 2021 new, revised, and deleted codes to identify at a glance code changes, plus an ICD-10-CM conversion table from the new and changed codes to the code previously used.
• Updated index with shaded guides. The updated Index to Diseases and Injuries includes vertical shaded guides that show the indent levels for subentries under main terms.
• Guidelines with coding examples. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting including chapter-specific coding examples.
• Detailed color anatomy illustration appendix. Plus many illustrations at the code level identifying specific code-related anatomy.
• Downloadable files. CMS updates received after this ICD-10-CM Expert goes to print, including MCCs, CC Excludes PDx collection, and POA exempt codes.
• Supplementary appendixes. Additional information provided for POA coding and reporting tutorial; code lists for CC, MCC, and other valuable appendixes.

What is the difference between the Expert and Professional editions?

• Expert Edition: Spiral bound and appendixes & a Point of Admission (POA) tutorial.
• Expert Edition: Downloadable file.
• The Professional edition does not include the above features.