Highlights of AHA’s Coding Clinic First Quarter 2025 Release for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
ICD-10; Coding Clinic; medical coding; Q1; 2025
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The First Quarter 2025 newsletter of AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS will be released March 17, 2025. Let’s explore some of the highlights!
The first quarter newsletter provides a summary of the modifications to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting changes effective April 1, 2025. There are no new ICD-10-CM codes and 50 new ICD-10-PCS codes. In addition, there are 2 revised and 12 deleted ICD-10-PCS codes. There are no ICD-10-PCS Guidelines changes for April 1, 2025.
The newsletter also includes 28 question and answers addressing the following topics:
- Mechanical Cervical Ripening for Labor Induction
- Cardiac Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
- Obesity Designated by Class
- Missed Abortion Complicated by Hemorrhagic Shock
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation with Stenosis of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve
- Neoatherosclerosis of Coronary Artery Stent
- Bacteremia with Endocarditis of Cardiac Valve Prosthesis
- Extension of Hysterotomy Incision with Uterine Laceration during Cesarean Section
- Bartholin's Abscess Complicating Delivery
- Jaundice in Preterm Newborn
- Functional Asplenia Due to Sickle Cell Disease
- Cyclops Lesion
- Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis
- Hepatorenal Syndrome with Acute Kidney Injury
- Vocal Cord Paralysis due to Sacrifice of Laryngeal Nerve During Parathyroidectomy
- Laparotomy with Delivery of Demised Fetus and Repair of Ruptured Uterus
- CAR-NK Infusion
- Computer-Assisted Navigation with Mazor X Stealth™ Robotic Guidance
- Distal Femur Chondrosarcoma Excision with Endoprosthetic Reconstruction
- Popliteal Fossa Deep Abscess with Incision and Drainage
- Zero Balance Ultrafiltration
- Insertion of Subacromial Balloon Spacer
- VeraFlo™ Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation (NPWTi)
- Viral Myocarditis due to COVID-19
- Diabetes Mellitus and Venous Insufficiency
- Transesophageal Fistulization with Cricopharyngeal Myotomy and Voice Prosthesis Placement
Terms to Know
Review the following terms to help understand the modifications that go into effect April 1:
TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| Syngeneic | Transplant from a donor who is genetically identical to the recipient |
| Allogeneic | Transplant from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor |
| Cardiac stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) | A non-invasive procedure that uses high dose radiation to target the areas that are generating problematic electrical signals in patients with arrythmia. It is also called cardiac radio-ablation. |
| Cyclops lesion | A known complication of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. It is also known as arthrofibrosis. |
| Chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer (CAR-NK) infusion | An investigational cell therapy that utilizes extracted natural killer cells from donated umbilical cord blood. |
Those are just the highlights! The ICD-10-CM guidelines are posted on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) website. The April 1, 2025, ICD-10-PCS updates, including the complete list of ICD-10-PCS code titles, Index, Addenda, and a Conversion Table, are available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website.
As always, please read the First Quarter 2025 AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS entirely for the best source of medical coding information to apply to professional coding.
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