Here are five takeaways:
1. The additions include 1,900 diagnosis codes and 3,651 hospital inpatient procedure codes.
2. CMS will add the codes to the ICD-10 diagnostic library on Oct. 1, 2016.
3. Ninety-seven percent of the 3,651 new hospital inpatient procedure codes will update the cardiovascular and lower joint body systems.
4. CMS will add new codes for a face transplant, hand transplant and donor organ perfusion.
5. CMS is adding the codes due to a freeze on various updates prior to the ICD-10 original launch on Oct. 1, 2015.
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