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…
Mark your calendars -- the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will conduct front-end testing of ICD-10 billing code submission between Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and providers.…
AAPC has posted the findings of their annual survey of average salaries for medical coders and salaries continue to rise. The 2013 survey is quite revealing as some have the…
ICD-10 Is Coming This Year Many physician practices have avoided getting ready for ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition) for a variety of reasons: • Some hope that the…
If you are a new coder looking to get your certification in 2014 take a deep breath! AAPC is not requiring you to be tested on ICD-10. ICD-9 is what…
For the past two or three years, surveys have all basically been the same. Filled with panic, confusion, distrust, and dismay, there is rarely anything positive to say about the…
There’s no way around it. To make the conversion to ICD-10 coding by the Oct. 1 deadline, dual coding needs to be on the list. This is when healthcare organizations…
Remember the new, uber-complicated system of medical codes coming soon? You know, the ones that will tell your insurance company whether this was the first, second or third time your…
I hate making predictions. Mostly because I'm not very good at it. So this is not the post full of predictions on ICD-10 deadline changes or how the ICD-10 implementation…
As the new year gets off to a start, the latest findings for ICD-10 remain stark. With an October 1 deadline for conversion of the medical coding system from ICD-9…
Hospitals, doctors and insurers are bracing for a radical and possibly very expensive change to the way they bill. Beginning in October 2014, the federal government will require everyone convert…
Despite the continued objections of some healthcare industry groups, all indications are that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services intends to hold steady with its Oct. 1, 2014, ICD-10…
What ICD-10 topics were of interest to health information professionals in 2013? We looked at the numbers and compiled your favorites together in this year's top 10 for ICD-10 list.…
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…