How To Get Started With ICD-10 Testing
It may seem a bit too early to start testing your systems for ICD-10 compatibility. But when do you want to try and solve any problems that testing may reveal?…
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September 2, 2014
Unintended Benefit of ICD-10 Delay: Faster Innovations?
The Protecting Access to Medicare law enacted earlier this year is rather ignominiously known for delaying the inevitable ICD-10 conversion, but it could also speed up a part of the…
August 12, 2014
Debunking Three ICD-10 Myths
As we move toward the October 2015 compliance deadline for ICD-10, the Journal of AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) has tackled three misconceptions about the new coding system. ICD-9…
August 6, 2014
ICD-10 and DSM-5 Part 2: Language and Coding
This article will update you on my last posting, “ICD-10 and DSM-5: The Language and Coding Conundrums.” I received fantastic comments from my colleagues in the industry who have been…
July 30, 2014
ICD-10 and DSM-5: The Language and Coding Conundrums
I recently had a very interesting conversation with someone about the new DSM-5 codes. Or maybe it was about the ICD-10 codes for behavioral health. Or perhaps it was about…
July 29, 2014
Consultant Develops ICD-10 Resource for Rural, Critical Access Hospitals
An Athens, Ga.-based health IT executive turned consultant has launched a free ICD-10 resource for rural and critical access hospitals. Tyler Wallace, who took the leap from the corporate payroll…
July 28, 2014
Health Plans Have an Extra Year to Prepare for ICD-10—And They Might Need It
Group health plans with 50 or more participants, including self-insured plans, must be able to conduct electronic transactions in accordance with HHS standards and operating rules. One of the more…
July 23, 2014
Coding Nicotine Dependence in ICD-10
Q: Nicotine dependence is very common among our patient population. Our primary care office is trying to prepare for ICD-10-CM, and I know that codes for this condition have expanded.…
July 16, 2014
ICD-10 Delay: Organizations Prep For New Deadline
In April, Congress and President Obama agreed to delay implementation of the ICD-10 standard for medical diagnosis and billing codes to Oct. 1, 2015. A study conducted in May and…
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July 1, 2014
Transition to ICD-10 Convoluted for 1 in 4 Pediatric Codes
When researchers looked at how current pediatric diagnosis codes will be mapped forward to International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), codes in October 2015,…
June 30, 2014
ICD-10 Experts Call For More Testing
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistic (NCVHS) subcommittee heard some testimony last week on the state of delayed ICD-10 implementation. Holly Louie, chair of the ICD-10 CM Committee of…
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June 17, 2014
Who Was Behind The ICD-10 Delay
WHO WAS BEHIND ICD-10 DELAY? All indicators point to House Speaker John Boehner’s office as the source of statutory language that delayed the move to the complex ICD-10 coding system…
June 10, 2014
The New ASC ICD-10 Implementation Timeline
In April, President Barack Obama signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which provided another temporary sustainable growth patch and effectively derailed ICD-10 implementation for at…
June 6, 2014
ICD-10 Medical Code Tests Yield Successful Results for CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ initial testing of updated medical diagnosis codes that will be required at health care payers and providers next year proved to be successful,…
June 5, 2014
CMS Advises Delay in ICD-10 Front-End Testing Until October
Providers, suppliers, billing companies and clearinghouses can submit ICD-10 acknowledgement test claims anytime up to the new planned October 1, 2015 ICD-10 implementation date. However, the Centers for Medicare and…
June 2, 2014
CMS Extends Partial Code Freeze for ICD-9-CM, ICD-10
Information regarding the ICD-10 delay continues to trickle out of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS has announced that the partial code freeze for ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 will…
May 30, 2014
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