CMS Updates ICD-10-CM Codes Effective October 1, 2016, DSM-5 Also Receives Update
CMS is changing a number of ICD-10 codes to take effect on October 1, 2016. This is the first update to the ICD-10 codebase since 2010.
Most changes relate to specifiers, but a number of them are modifications of the ICD-10 codes themselves. Some of the changes were made to align the terminology used in the DSM-5 with descriptions of the F-codes in ICD-10.
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For behavioral health professionals, there are 14 direct ICD-10-CM code changes that are applicable to claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2016 (see list below).
The goal, as stated by the American Psychological Association (APA), is to, “allow more accurate diagnostic recording, improved communication among clinicians, and better means for collecting prevalence data.”
APA has also released an update to the DSM-5 (pdf) that explains the new ICD-10 codes and other important updates.
BreezyNotes is emailing all customers with instructions for managing this change.
For all Dates of Service starting October 1, 2016, practitioners will need to use the updated codes in BreezyNotes:
Disorder |
Original Code(Valid until Sept. 30, 2016) |
New Code(Effective Oct. 1, 2016) |
New Disorder(Effective Oct. 1, 2016) |
| Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder | F50.8 | F50.89 | Other Specified Eating Disorder |
| Binge-eating disorder | F50.8 | F50.81 | Binge-Eating Disorder |
| Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder | F34.8 | F34.81 | Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder |
| Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder | L98.1 | F42.4 | Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder |
| Gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults | F64.1 | F64.0 | Transsexualism |
| Hoarding disorder | F42 | F42.3 | Hoarding Disorder |
| Obsessive-compulsive disorder | F42 | F42.2 | Mixed Obsessional Thoughts and Acts |
| Other specified depressive disorder | F32.8 | F32.89 | Other Depressive Disorders |
| Other specified feeding or eating disorder | F50.8 | F50.89 | Other Specified Eating Disorder |
| Other specified obsessive-compulsive/related disorder | F42 | F42.8 | Other Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders |
| Pica, in adults | F50.8 | F50.89 | Pica, in adults |
| Premenstrual dysphoric disorder | N94.3 | F32.81 | Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder |
| Social (pragmatic) communication disorder | F80.89 | F80.82 | Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder |
| Unspecified obsessive-compulsive/related disorder | F42 | F42.9 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Unspecified |
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