ICD-10

Physicians Have Breathing Room on ICD-10

It's official. The compliance date for the ICD-10-CM code set for outpatient diagnosis coding is Oct. 1, 2014

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September 22, 2012
ICD-10

ICD-10 Best Practices

When Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first proposed the one-year delay of the compliance date for the transition to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), it estimated savings of billions to the healthcare industry.

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September 20, 2012
Medical Coding Careers

What A Thorough Medical Coding Career Description Contains

What A Thorough Medical Coding Career Description Contains ... www.raritanhighlands.org3/24/11 What A Thorough Medical Coding Career Description Contains When you are looking for a medical coding career description, you most…

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July 17, 2012
General

Good News: It’s Reimbursement Time Now

Filed a claim during the legal battle between the American Medical Association (AMA) and UHC? There’s good news for you.

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June 15, 2012
HHS

HHS Deems Health Insurance Rate Hikes Unreasonable

Insurers in nine states, that is Arizona, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming have asked for rate increases as high as 24 percent.

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June 1, 2012
CMS / Medicare

CMS: Medicare Reimbursement Rates Won’t Be Cut in 2012

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transmittal 1058, Change Request (CR) 7767 confirms a zero percent update for payments under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) through year’s end.

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May 1, 2012
General

NHS statistics reveal data errors in care records

In a letter published today in the British Medical Journal, authors from Imperial College London NHS Healthcare Trust stress the importance of accurately capturing and coding patient episodes.

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April 15, 2012
ICD-10

ICD-10: PSA Screenings and Ureteral Stone Diagnoses

When ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition takes place in 2013, you will not always have an easy one-to-one relationship between old codes and the new codes. See how your ICD-9 codes will change in the following instances when the ICD-10 transition finally takes place.

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April 7, 2012
Oig

Fiscal Year 2012 HHS OIG Work Plan

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2012 provides brief descriptions of activities that OIG plans to initiate or continue with respect to HHS programs and operations in fiscal year 2012.

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April 3, 2012
ICD-10

Medicare Gives Guidance on Claims During ICD-10 Changeover

As of Oct. 1, 2013, claims submitted in the United States must use ICD-10 codes and insurers will reject claims with ICD-9 codes. So what happens if a claim for…

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October 31, 2011
Hot Coding Topics / ICD-10

Proper ICD-10 preparation combines technology, testing

While many innovative technologies, policies and procedures for managing patient data will be on display at the 83rd AHIMA Convention & Exhibit in Salt Lake City, the most pressing topic will be International…

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October 24, 2011
Hot Coding Topics / ICD-10

ICD-10’s ten-year reign of fear

Shortly after the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recommended that the United States adopt ICD-10, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) assembled a session on the code…

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October 19, 2011
Hot Coding Topics / ICD-10

Coding Vendor Gives ICD-10 Tips

It is only two years until the compliance date for the ICD-10 code sets and yet not enough hospitals have yet begun readiness assessments and impact analyses, said Jim Jacobs,…

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October 17, 2011