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The ICD-10-CM Expert for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities with Guidelines, uses our hallmark features and format, making facing the challenge of accurate diagnosis coding easier. This code book contains the complete ICD-10-CM code set with Optum coding and reimbursement alerts for SNF and IRF, including color-coding and symbols identifying diagnoses for components of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) and RIC. Coding tips and definitions of commonly treated conditions specific to these PAC settings are also included. Key Features and Benefits: NEW - Optum Edge - ICONS for April updates. Easily distinguish between April and October new and revised codes with green icons for April and black for October changes. NEW - Optum Edge - Expanded Table of Drugs and Chemicals. Expanded to include updated drugs and codes listed with associated intent with icon to easily identify the added drugs. Optum Edge - Intuitive features and format. Visual alerts, including color-coding and symbols that identify coding notes and instructions, additional character requirements, placeholder X, and more. Supplementary appendixes. Additional information covering home health and hospice prospective payment systems, quality initiatives, supplies OASIS, and case mix groups. Product Updates. April and other ICD-10-CM changes and updates will be made available on the Optum Product Update page on Optumcoding.com for our valued ICD-10-CM customers. Updated index with shaded guides. The updated Index to Diseases and Injuries includes vertical shaded guides that show the indent levels for subentries under main terms. List of code changes and conversion table. A list of all 2023 new, revised, and deleted codes, plus an ICD-10-CM conversion table from the new and changed codes to the code previously used. Guidelines with coding examples. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, including chapter-specific coding examples. Helpful illustrations. Detailed