ICD-10 allows for up to 7 alpha-numeric characters to reflect much more specificity. As an example, a commonly used ICD-9 code is Coronary Artery Disease, Unspecified, or 414.00.

The ICD-10 implementation date was delayed not once or twice, but three times. And during that delay, global plans to move forward to ICD-11 are already in the works.

Once again, proposed legislation that would block the ICD-10 conversion is back -- almost. Without the actual text, though, it's hard to speculate on its chances of passing the House and Senate.

Of the 395 new ICD-10-CM codes, 123 of them are external cause codes to capture accidents and injuries. CMS also proposes 36 new codes for osteoporosis with current pathological pelvic fracture.

This is a comprehensive table of OB/GYN ICD-10 codes used by researchers and healthcare professionals and personnel – nurses, medical coders, physicians, ...