The ICD-10-PCS 2027: The Complete Official Code Book delivers comprehensive, current guidance for coding inpatient procedures in hospitals, using the latest International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) codes, guidelines and updates.
This essential ICD-10-PCS resource provides health care professionals with the in-depth knowledge needed to assign accurate procedure codes, support standardized coding practices, streamline quality data reporting and enhance clinical analytics. ICD-10-PCS 2027 contains classifications for procedures, devices, and technologies.
AMA’s illustrated 2027 ICD-10-PCS code book contains these valuable features:
- Accurate Coding & Compliance: Step-by-step resource for assigning codes using official guidelines and character selection tables to promote correct and compliant coding for inpatient procedures.
- Summary of Changes: Presents a clear, organized overview of new additions, deletions, and revisions for 2027, so users can learn annual updates.
- Comprehensive Organization: The code set is structured in 17 sections by procedure type, each starting with character meanings and American Hospital Association (AHA) Coding Clinic references, with medical and surgical content grouped by body system.
- Visual Learning: Enhanced with new and updated anatomical and procedural illustrations for coding accuracy and education.
- Quick Navigation: Color-coded page borders, detailed tables of contents, and visual coding alerts streamline the code look-up process for medical and health care professionals.
- Medicare Code Edits (MCEs) Guidance: Identify special Medicare coverage statuses including non-covered, limited-coverage, and HAC-related procedures.
The ICD-10-PCS 2027: The Complete Official Code Book provides coding professionals with a visually rich, meticulously organized resource for compliant, accurate and efficient inpatient procedure coding.
Additional resources to enhance your ICD-10-PCS coding include:
The ICD-10-PCS 2027: The Complete Official Code Book includes thousands of codes, guidelines and additional features including:
- Complete ICD-10-PCS 2027 code set organized in 17 sections, with tables for constructing procedure codes by character selection.
- Character meanings table and AHA Coding Clinic citations at the start of each section for authoritative guidance.
- Official coding and reporting guidelines specific to each section, facilitating accurate and consistent use of the code set.
- Comprehensive illustrations:
- Anatomical images/explanations.
- Approach diagrams display access sites, methods and instruments.
- Body-part indicators for medical/surgical codes.
- Visual alerts such as color-coding and unique symbols for male/female procedures and new/revised code values.
- Detailed code structure and conventions description, including sample exercises (with answers) for practice and skills development.
Color-coding and symbols for Medicare Code Edits:
- Color-coding and symbols for Medicare Code Edits—comprehensive MCE coverage including:
- Non-covered procedures
- Limited-coverage procedures
- Combination-only procedures
- Non-operating room procedures (affecting/not affecting DRG assignment)
- Hospital-acquired condition (HAC)-related procedures
- Procedure combination tables highlighting code requirements for specific MS-DRG assignments.
- Productivity resources:
- Root operation definition & operation/type tables
- Grouping of root operations by objective
- Body-part definitions and key
- Device key and device aggregation tables
- Approach definitions
- Substance key