AHA Central Office Blog

The AHA Central Office blog shares thought leadership, insights, trends, and the latest information on ICD-10-CM/PCS and HCPCS medical coding.

Recent Blog Posts

Skeleton with osteitis deformans
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ICD-10-CM; James Paget; Paget's disease of bone; pathological fracture; musculoskeletal system

What is Paget’s disease of bone?

May is Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month! Osteoporosis is a systemic condition that affects all bones of the musculoskeletal system. In os...

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Samuel Pickwick illustration
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Pickwickean Syndrome; World Obesity Day; ICD-10-CM; The Pickwick Papers; Charles Dickens

What is Pickwickean Syndrome?

3 min readMost eponymous diseases are named after the person who first described the condition: think Addison disease, Huntington’s disease, and Alzhe...
Female doctor looking through microscope
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ICD-10-CM; ICD-11; rare diseases; ORPHAnet; ORPHAcodes; NORD; OMIM; Mondo Disease Ontology

What are rare diseases? How are they classified in ICD-10-CM?

8 min readSince Rare Disease Day is February 28, we wanted to explore what qualifies as a rare disease and how rare diseases are classified in ICD-10-...
Side view of human eye
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ICD-10-CM; glaucoma; Glaucoma Awareness Month; medical coding

How is glaucoma coded?

4 min readJanuary is Glaucoma Awareness Month! Read more to learn about this disease and how it is classified in ICD-10-CM.What is glaucoma?Glaucoma i...