Wiki 2015 CPT or ICD-10-PCS?

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Hi. I was confused about which book to purchase this year. The CPT and the PCS are both procedure books, but should one be used over the other?

 

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Hi. I was confused about which book to purchase this year. The CPT and the PCS are both procedure books, but should one be used over the other?

ICD-10 PCS is replacing volume 3 ICD-9 CM, and is used by inpatient facility coders. It is not effective until Oct 1 2015. Physician and outpatient coders will continue with CPT until it is replaced with CPT-5. So if you currently use CPT codes you will continue to use CPT codes.

 

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Ahhh, understood. Thank you, Debra!