It had to happen. Oct 1, 2014 was going to be just too much for providers of all sizes and levels of IT savvy. And CMS has been under public…
Because there’s only one ICD-9 code for atrial fibrillation and it’s not a complication or comorbidity (CC), coders generally take it at face value. That will change when ICD-10 takes…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may be open to conducting ICD-10 end-to-end testing with physician offices after recent blunders with its Healthcare.gov site, according to a stakeholder…
Trade associations and others have fought the ICD-10 Oct. 1 deadline next year, mainly because of the difficulty, and some industry observers have questioned whether CMS can also meet that…
During a stakeholder meeting last week, CMS indicated that it might reconsider performing external, end-to-end ICD-10 testing, according to a Medical Group Management Association official who attended the meeting, MedPage…
In order to be fully prepared for the October 1, 2014, ICD-10 transition, you need to know exactly how ICD-10 will affect your practice. Although many people associate coding with…
In a blog post last week, John Lynn, founder of HealthcareScene.com, said “#AHIMACon13 should be called ICD-10 Con.” I can see why John felt this way. ICD-10 was definitely the…
While the changes in ICD-10 has more to offer but the challenges that exists are worth the effort. The providers and the coders too will need to comprehend the new…
By the time you put away your Christmas decorations at the end of 2013, you should be breaking out the ICD-10 workbooks for your physicians. According to the recommended CMS…
When Cindy Seel asked the crowd at AHIMA's annual convention what the shared goal for Oct. 1, 2014 should be, the response was predictable: Survive. “The ICD-10 PCS is going…
Medical coders certainly have their work cut out for them ahead of the ICD-10 transition if the results of the ICD-10 National Pilot Program hold true across the majority of…
Now that the ICD-10 transition is roughly a year away, it is vital for HIM directors, CFOs, CIOs and other healthcare leaders to understand not only how it will affect…
The exhibition floor at American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) 2013 convention comprises a mixture of emotions. On the one hand, this year marks the 85th year of the association’s…
Charlene Webber-Schuss, chief information officer at Community Hospital on California's Monterey Peninsula, faces two major problems in negotiating the gargantuan shift to ICD-10 coding, now less than a year away.…
Medical coders participating in an ICD-10 coding pilot produced accurate coding using the complex new system less than two-thirds of the time, according to a report by two healthcare IT…
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed switching wound care reimbursement from the current pay-for-service model, in which the treating physician bills the government based on the…