What Is The ICD-10 Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS)?
ICD-10-CM/PCS is a diagnosis classification system developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), for coding and reporting in the healthcare environment of the United States. It consists of two parts: • ICD-10-CM was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for use in all United States of America health care treatment settings. • ICD-10-PCS was developed by CMS for use in the U.S. for inpatient hospital settings ONLY. While it was developed from ICD-10, ICD-10-CM/PCS is a modification that focuses on diagnoses and reason for visits in all American health care settings. ICD-10-CM/PCS is a morbidity classification, while ICD-10 is more of a mortality classification system.
