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Using Diagnosis Codes
The International Classification of Disease tenth revision (ICD-10) is a system of coding created by the World Health Organization that describes various medical records including diseases, symptoms, abnormal findings, and external causes of injury. Third parties can use this code to understand what is being treated. Medical and dental insurance carriers often want to see the diagnosis behind the treatments and the ICD-10 codes facilitate the communication.
ICD-10 represents the most recent edition of the diagnosis codes. Beginning October 1, 2015, ICD-9 codes will no longer be accepted and the ICD-10 codes must be used instead. However, not all carriers will be prepared so QSIDental Web will fully support both versions of the codebook.