ICD-10 Clinical Concepts

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") released a guide with ICD-10 Clinical Concepts and common ICD-10 codes for six major medical specialties: cardiology, family practice, internal medicine, OB/GYN, orthopedics and pediatrics.

  1. Abdominal Pain
  2. Abnormal Female Genital Cytology
  3. Abnormalities of Heart Rhythm
  4. Acute Bronchitis
  5. Acute Pharyngitis
  6. Acute Respiratory Infections
  7. Acute Serous Otitis Media
  8. Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
  9. Allergic Inflammation of the Nasal Airways
  10. Asthma
  11. Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
  12. Back and Neck Pain
  13. Cardiac Arrhythmias (Other)
  14. Cervical Spine Disorders and Displacement
  15. Chest Pain
  16. Chronic Atticoantral Suppurative Otitis Media
  17. Chronic Mucoid Otitis Media
  18. Chronic Serous Otitis Media
  19. Chronic Tubotympanic Suppurative Otitis Media
  20. Diabetes Mellitus
  21. Diabetes Mellitus w/o Complications Type 2
  22. Diabetes Mellitus with Complications Type 2
  23. Excessive, Frequent and Irregular Menstruation
  24. General Medical Examination
  25. General Medical and Gynecological Examinations
  26. Headache
  27. Heart Failure
  28. Hypertension
  29. Inflammation of Vagina and Vulva
  30. Lump in Breast and Other Disorders of the Breast
  31. Maternal Disorders Related to Pregnancy
  32. Neck and Back Pain
  33. Noninflammatory Disorders of Ovary, Fallopian Tubes, and Bro
  34. Nonrheumatic Valve Disorders - Aortic Valve Disorders
  35. Nonrheumatic Valve Disorders - Mitral Valve Disorders
  36. Osteoarthritis of the Hip
  37. Osteoarthritis of the Knee
  38. Other Acute Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
  39. Other Chronic Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
  40. Other Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
  41. Other Forms Of Heart Disease
  42. Otitis Media in Diseases Classified Elsewhere
  43. Otitis media, Unspecified
  44. Pain in Joint
  45. Pain in Limb
  46. Radiculopathy (Primary)
  47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  48. Routine Child Health Examination
  49. Selected Atherosclerosis, Ischemia, and Infarction
  50. Selected Menopausal and Other Perimenopausal Disorders
  51. Selected Shoulder Conditions
  52. Selected Sprains Rotator Cuff, Cruciate Ligament, and Ankle
  53. Spinal Stenosis of the Lumbar Region
  54. Supervision of Normal Pregnancy
  55. Suppurative Otitis Media, Unspecified
  56. Syncope and Collapse
  57. Thoracic, Thoracolumbar, and Lumbosacral Intervertebral Disc
  58. Unspecified Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
  59. Urinary Tract Infection, Cystitis

Clinical Concepts for Cardiology

  • Abnormalities of Heart Rhythm
  • Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias (Other)
  • Chest Pain
  • Heart Failure
  • Hypertension
  • Nonrheumatic Valve Disorders - Aortic Valve Disorders
  • Nonrheumatic Valve Disorders - Mitral Valve Disorders
  • Selected Atherosclerosis, Ischemia, and Infarction
  • Syncope and Collapse

Clinical Concepts for Family Practice

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Acute Respiratory Infections
  • Back and Neck Pain
  • Chest Pain
  • Diabetes Mellitus w/o Complications Type 2
  • General Medical Examination
  • Headache
  • Hypertension
  • Pain in Joint
  • Pain in Limb
  • Other Forms Of Heart Disease
  • Urinary Tract Infection, Cystitis
  • Diabetes Mellitus with Complications Type 2

Clinical Concepts for Internal Medicine

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Acute Respiratory Infections
  • Back and Neck Pain
  • Chest Pain
  • Diabetes Mellitus w/o Complications Type 2
  • General Medical Examination
  • Headache
  • Hypertension
  • Pain in Joint
  • Pain in Limb
  • Other Forms Of Heart Disease
  • Urinary Tract Infection, Cystitis

Clinical Concepts for OB/GYN

  • Maternal Disorders Related to Pregnancy
  • Abnormal Female Genital Cytology
  • Excessive, Frequent and Irregular Menstruation
  • General Medical and Gynecological Examinations
  • Hypertension
  • Inflammation of Vagina and Vulva
  • Lump in Breast and Other Disorders of the Breast
  • Selected Menopausal and Other Perimenopausal Disorders
  • Noninflammatory Disorders of Ovary, Fallopian Tubes, and Broadligament
  • Supervision of Normal Pregnancy
  • Urinary Tract Infection, Cystitis

Clinical Concepts for Orthopedics

  • Cervical Spine Disorders and Displacement
  • Neck and Back Pain
  • Osteoarthritis of the Hip
  • Osteoarthritis of the Knee
  • Radiculopathy (Primary)
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Selected Shoulder Conditions
  • Spinal Stenosis of the Lumbar Region
  • Selected Sprains Rotator Cuff, Cruciate Ligament, and Ankle
  • Thoracic, Thoracolumbar, and Lumbosacral Intervertebral Disc Disorders

Clinical Concepts for Pediatrics

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Acute Bronchitis
  • Acute Pharyngitis
  • Allergic Inflammation of the Nasal Airways
  • Asthma
  • Chest Pain
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Headache
  • Acute Serous Otitis Media
  • Other Acute Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
  • Chronic Serous Otitis Media
  • Chronic Mucoid Otitis Media
  • Other Chronic Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
  • Unspecified Nonsuppurative Otitis Media
  • Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
  • Chronic Tubotympanic Suppurative Otitis Media
  • Chronic Atticoantral Suppurative Otitis Media
  • Other Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
  • Suppurative Otitis Media, Unspecified
  • Otitis media, Unspecified
  • Otitis Media in Diseases Classified Elsewhere
  • Pain in Limb
  • Routine Child Health Examination
  • Urinary Tract Infection, Cystitis