FY 2023 ICD-10-CM Code Updates Released
The FY 2023 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes have been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are available on the CDC ICD-10-CM Home Page and the CMS 2023 ICD-10-CM Page. These codes are to be used for discharges and patient encounters occurring from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. The update files include official coding reporting guidelines, tabular and alphabetic index addenda, external cause of injuries index addenda, table of drugs and chemicals addenda and table of neoplasms addenda.
The update summary includes a total of 73,639 codes, including the addition of 1,176 codes, 28 title revisions and 287 deletions. Of interest is expansion of the aortic aneurysm and dissection section (I71) of chapter 9, Diseases of the Circulatory System, to include additional anatomical sites based on the thoracic aorta; the abdominal aorta; and thoracoabdominal aorta.
