ICD-10 has been the butt of countless jokes during the last several months but none so surprising as the latest one-liner. Only this isn’t funny. Whether you’re on that chair…
According to the Washington Post, last month the Obama administration said it wouldn’t again delay the scheduled shift to a new comprehensive system for coding and diseases, known as ICD-10.…
Doctors in Colorado and across the country are facing a facing a major shift in how they bill for treatments — a shift that threatens to slow their ability to…
As ICD-10 draws ever closer, coders, physicians and the IT folks who support them are wondering how they will locate ICD-10 codes when the time comes. Already we're seeing a…
Believe it or not, you do not need to know or care about how many ICD-10 codes there are. I know this goes against the grain. It is almost the…
Despite the rapidly approaching conversion date, recent surveys have shown many providers still have a lot of ground to cover before they're prepared to take on ICD-10. A study released…
For many months now, the AAFP has urged family physicians to prepare for this year's Oct. 1 deadline for implementation of the ICD-10-CM code sets for outpatient diagnostic coding. A…
Everyone realizes that coders and clinical staff have to be trained on the new ICD-10 code set, but not everyone understands just what this entails. Don't make the mistake of…
In a recent policy reversal the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it would offer ICD-10 end-to-end testing this summer. But, testing required for a successful switch is not…
The AAFP once again appealed to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to vary her course regarding the fast-approaching deadline for the nation's transition to the ICD-10-CM code sets for outpatient diagnostic…
Providers, payers and claims clearinghouses can look for no relief from the looming, Oct. 1 compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to the ICD-10 family of diagnostic and procedural codes,…
A new resource is available for small practices as they prepare to switch to the ICD-10 coding system. Officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a…
Theodore Roosevelt once said: “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain [and] difficulty.” While the former president’s outlook is a bit extreme,…
The costs to medical practices for implementing the International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision (ICD-10) coding system have been grossly underestimated, according to a recent study by Nachimson Advisors for the…
With the transition to ICD-10 fast approaching, many want to know if they need to know ICD-9 and ICD-10. The short answer is yes. ICD-9 is not going away completely…
From patient accounting systems to sticky notes and "cheat sheets" posted in exam rooms, ICD-9 codes permeate the health care environment, translating the information in medical records to numbers on…