It’s been four years since the last regular annual update to both the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 code sets. Between 2012-2014, both code sets received only limited updates to capture new technologies and diseases. Last year, those limited updates were reserved for ICD-10.

The partial code freeze ends Oct. 1, 2016.

Which means it’s going to be Update Time Again!!

There are:
· 1943 New codes

· 422 Revised from codes

· 422 Revised to codes

· 305 deleted codes

All Triple B clients have already been alerted to the codes that affect them directly. If anyone needs help researching codes, please let me know!