What are ICD-10 gems?
General Equivalence Mappings
General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) were developed over several years by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, AHIMA, the American Hospital Association, and 3M Health Information Systems. GEMS provide a temporary mechanism to link ICD-9 to ICD-10 and vice versa.
Is there an ICD-10 code for pregnancy?
Z33. 1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
When coding an obstetrics case what is your first character?
“1”
Obstetric procedure codes have a first character value of “1” and the second character value for body system is pregnancy.
What does GEM mean in coding?
General Equivalence Mappings or GEM as it is popularly called comes into use if you are looking to translate lists of codes, coded data or code tables while converting a system or any other application containing ICD-9-CM.
What are GEMs and how are they important in ICD coding?
The GEMs were designed to convert current ICD-9-CM codes to applicable ICD-10 codes. A “reverse lookup” of the backward mappings (ICD-10-CM/PCS to ICD-9-CM GEM, looked up by ICD-9-CM code) can be used to convert payment logic or coverage decisions from ICD-9-CM codes to ICD-10 codes.
What is the ICD 10 code for supervision of normal pregnancy?
Response: ICD-10 code Z34. xx, Encounter for supervision of normal pregnancy, is used for a routine outpatient diagnostic visit when no obstetrical complication or condition codes found in Chapter 15, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium are applicable to the encounter.
What is the ICD 10 code for high risk pregnancy?
O09.90
O09. 90 – Supervision of high risk pregnancy, unspecified, unspecified trimester. ICD-10-CM.
What is the medical code for pregnancy test?
Pregnancy Test: CPT Code 81025 for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) urine testing performed in the office should be reported on a claim any time the test is performed.
What is the ICD 10 code for first trimester pregnancy?
Z34. 91 – Encounter for supervision of normal pregnancy, unspecified, first trimester. ICD-10-CM.
Which procedures are coded to the Obstetrics section?
Procedures following delivery or abortion C2 Procedures performed following a delivery or abortion for curettage of the endometrium or evacuation of retained products of conception are all coded in the Obstetrics section, to the root operation Extraction and the body part Products of Conception, Retained.