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New Cardiology Clinical Concepts Guide To help physicians and other providers get quickly up to speed, CMS is launching the ICD-10 Clinical Concepts Series for specialties. Posted on the CMS ICD-10 website , each guide in the series compiles key information from the Road to 10 online tool in a PDF format that can be readily shared, emailed, posted to websites, and printed. Each guide includes: Common ICD-10 codes and corresponding ICD-9 codes Clinical documentation tips Clinical scenarios Links to interactive cases studies, in-depth webinars, and other Road to 10 features Clinical Concepts for Cardiology, highlights ICD-10 concepts for conditions like heart failure, hypertension, heart valve disease, and more. This one is for Cardiology and is found at: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10ClinicalConceptsCardiology1.pdf     Disclaimer : This guidance is to be used for an easy reference; the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM code boo

New Orthopedics Clinical Concepts Guide To help physicians and other providers get quickly up to speed, CMS is launching the ICD-10 Clinical Concepts Series for specialties. Posted on the CMS ICD-10 website , each guide in the series compiles key information from the Road to 10 online tool in a PDF format that can be readily shared, emailed, posted to websites, and printed. Each guide includes: Common ICD-10 codes and corresponding ICD-9 codes Clinical documentation tips Clinical scenarios Links to interactive cases studies, in-depth webinars, and other Road to 10 features Clinical Concepts for Orthopedics , highlights ICD-10 concepts for conditions like fractures, arthritis, shoulder pain, and more.   This one is for Orthopedics and is found at: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10ClinicalConceptsOrthopedics1.pdf Disclaimer : This guidance is to be used for an easy reference; the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM code books and the Off

New Internal Medicine Clinical Concepts Guide To help physicians and other providers get quickly up to speed, CMS is launching the ICD-10 Clinical Concepts Series for specialties. Posted on the CMS ICD-10 website , are guides in a series that compiles key information from the Road to 10 online tool in a PDF format that can be readily shared, emailed, posted to websites, and printed. Each guide includes: Common ICD-10 codes and corresponding ICD-9 codes Clinical documentation tips Clinical scenarios Links to interactive cases studies, in-depth webinars, and other Road to 10 features   This one is for Internal Medicine and is found at: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Downloads/ICD10ClinicalConceptsInternalMedicine1.pdf Disclaimer : This guidance is to be used for an easy reference; the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM code books and the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are the authoritative references for accurate and complete coding. Thi