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You’ve heard there won’t be an ICD-10 book that your coders can keep on their desks because the abundance of codes would make a book too thick — but is that tale true? Actually, no — it’s one of many ICD-10 myths that CMS hopes to dispel with its latest publication, ICD-10-CM/PCS Myths and Facts.

Hard copies of the ICD-10 code book are already available and don’t take up more space than your current coding books, CMS says in the document. If you prefer leafing through a book over checking codes online, you’ll still get to handle business as usual when ICD-10 takes effect next year.

To read the complete document, visit www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Downloads/ICD-10MythsandFacts.pdf.