--- title: "Revenue Cycle and Medical Billing Insights | Healthcare News | \"icd 10 codes\"" description: "\"icd 10 codes\" | Revenue Cycle and Medical Billing Insights." ---   1-502-992-8680       [Info@Altruis.com](mailto:Info@Altruis.com) - [Blog](https://blog.altruis.com/) - News & Events - [News](https://altruis.com/news/) - [Events](https://altruis.com/events/) - [Contact](https://altruis.com/contact/) [![](https://blog.altruis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Altruis_Logo%20w%20tagline.png?width=1626&height=323&name=Altruis_Logo%20w%20tagline.png)](https://altruis.com/) - [Who We Serve](https://altruis.com/who-we-serve/) - [Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)](https://altruis.com/who-we-serve/fqhc/) - [Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC)](https://altruis.com/who-we-serve/cmhc/) - [Critical Access Hospitals](https://altruis.com/who-we-serve/critical-access-hospitals/) - [Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC)](https://altruis.com/who-we-serve/ascs/) - [Behavioral Health Organizations](https://altruis.com/who-we-serve/behavioral-health-billing-services/) - [What We Do](https://altruis.com/what-we-do/) - [RetroPay™](https://altruis.com/retropay/) - [Revenue Cycle Management](https://altruis.com/what-we-do/revenue-cycle-management/) - [Medical Credentialing Services](https://altruis.com/what-we-do/medical-credentialing-services/) - [Medical Coding Services](https://altruis.com/what-we-do/medical-coding-services/) - [Our Team](https://altruis.com/our-team/) - [Careers](https://altruis.com/careers/) - [Free Billing Assessment](https://info.altruis.com/freebilling_assessment) [![Free Billing Assessment](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4042684/0bed609c-a7fd-40da-8c38-f85d79d9cf58.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4042684/0bed609c-a7fd-40da-8c38-f85d79d9cf58) # Altruis Blog [![](https://blog.altruis.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202019-06-19%20at%209.57.38%20AM.png)](https://blog.altruis.com/what-is-icd-10-how-do-icd-10-codes-work-altruis) ## [What is ICD-10 and how do ICD-10 codes work?](https://blog.altruis.com/what-is-icd-10-how-do-icd-10-codes-work-altruis) Jun 19, 2019, 11:45:00 AM / by [Chris Caspar, CEO](https://blog.altruis.com/author/chris-caspar-ceo) posted in ["icd 10"](https://blog.altruis.com/topic/icd-10), ["icd 10 codes"](https://blog.altruis.com/topic/icd-10-codes) [0 Comments](https://blog.altruis.com/what-is-icd-10-how-do-icd-10-codes-work-altruis#comments-listing) What is ICD-10? ICD-10 codes are a powerful tool for community clinics to document and address social determinants of health--but they’re drastically underused. Perhaps because they aren’t fully understood. We’re going to start with the basics... You probably know most of this, but your team may not, so you may want to share this post with them. Then we’ll dive into what’s happening vis-à-vis ICD-10 and social determinants of health. 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