Highlights of AHA’s Coding Clinic  Third Quarter 2024 Release for  ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS  

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The Third Quarter 2024 newsletter of AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS will be released August 1, 2024. Let’s explore some of the highlights! 

The second newsletter of 2024 is devoted to 29 different ask-the-editor topics. Within these 23 pages, the AHA Central Office offers advice on a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to: reporting Mongolian spots when documented during a newborn’s admission, correct code assignment for pancreatic plural and CSF fistulas, the appropriate diagnosis code assignment for fetal growth restriction (FGR), assigning codes for conditions reported with diabetes mellitus, and inclusion terms for minimal change disease (MCD). 

The complete list of ICD-10-CM topics covered in the Ask the Editor section are: 

• Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features 
• Mediastinal Thymolipoma 
• Pancreatic Pleural Fistula 
• Mongolian Spots 
• Postoperative Epidural Hematoma following Laminectomy, Facetectomy and Foraminotomy 
• Failed/Nonviable Phalloplasty 
• Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension due to CSF Fistula 
• Elective Termination of Pregnancy due to Lethal Fetal Anomaly 
• Fetal Growth Restriction
• Prediabetes and Polyneuropathy 
• Diabetes Mellitus Without Complication with Chronic Kidney Disease 
• Diabetes Mellitus Without Complication with Dermatitis 
• Candida Fungemia 
• Collapsing Spine Syndrome and Progressive Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 
• Postoperative Heterotopic Ossification 
• Minimal Change Disease and Nephrotic Syndrome 
• Minimal Change Disease with Acute Tubular Necrosis 
• Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca 
• Rib Pain due to Fall 

For ICD-10-PCS, the latest newsletter addresses code assignments for the following topics: 

• Placement of Aneurysm Clips on Nerve Root 
• Placement of Ureteral Catheters for Visualization 
• Administration of Abortifacient to Induce Labor 
• Neobladder Formation 
• Secondary Small Bowel Anastomosis with Enterotomy and Repair 
• Prone Transpsoas (PTP) Interbody Fusion 
• Nuss Procedure With/Without Fiber Tape and Cryoablation/Cryoanalgesia
• Insertion of Drug-Releasing Dissolvable Stent into Sinus 
• Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture Performed During Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
• Tracheostomy Revision with Bjork Flap 

Those are just the highlights! As always, please read the Third Quarter 2024 AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS entirely for the best source of medical coding information.