Web site:
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/index.html
Authority
The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) was developed for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
CMS is the U.S. governmental agency responsible for overseeing all changes and modifications to the ICD-10-PCS.
Purpose
ICD-10-PCS is being developed as the successor to Volume 3 of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). For more information about ICD-9-CM, see the ICD-9-CM source synopsis.
ICD-10-PCS will be the official system of assigning codes to procedures associated with hospital utilization in the United States. ICD-10-PCS codes will support data collection, payment and electronic health records.
Description
ICD-10-PCS is a medical classification coding system for procedural codes.
ICD-10-PCS codes are alphanumeric and seven characters long.
Metathesaurus Scope
The UMLS Metathesaurus includes all data from the “long description” and “table description” format files.
Audience
ICD-10-PCS is intended for use by health care professionals, health care organizations, and insurance programs.
ICD-10-PCS codes are used in a variety of clinical and health care applications for reporting, morbidity statistics, and billing.
Update Frequency
ICD-10-PCS is updated annually.
Metathesaurus Update Frequency
ICD-10-PCS is updated in the Metathesaurus as resources permit.
Sites Consulted
- Medicare [Internet]. Baltimore (MD): Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; [cited 2009 Apr 24]. Overview of ICD-10; [modified 2009 Apr 11; cited 2009 Apr 24]. Available from: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD10/; ICD-10-PCS reference manual: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ICD10/Downloads/pcs_refman.pdf
