HIGHLIGHTS 1,176 NEW CODES!
28 codes revisions to their descriptors
251 deleted
Many of these are external cause codes
Important changes to Dementia (F codes) -69 new codes to identify the stage of severity, and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
Most all additions are to increase specificity as is the case each year
No COVID code changes
Every chapter except 7 and 8, eye and ear, has revisions.
Chapter 12 – skin/subcu (L codes) has only 1 change to an exclude 1 note