Preparing for the additional codes of ICD-10 can seem daunting, but analyzing codes you use for ICD-9 is a place to start, according to PhysBizTech. Here are six steps for preparing for a more ...

A key element of the data foundation of the United States' health care system will undergo a major transformation in 2014. So, what is the Big Deal on ICD-10? The buzz is that it is all troubling and ...

The new code set regulations address usage for the following: Clinical Modifications (ICD-10-CM) Diagnosis Code Set Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) Procedure Coding System. ICD codes are used to ...

The agency also updated the 2021 ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to include two new guidelines. CMS recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2021 ICD-10-PCS code set, which ...

When the clock ticks in a new month and the entire healthcare industry is thereby mandated to begin using the new ICD-10 code set, there will most likely be glitches here and there. But given the ...

The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released the long-awaited ICD-10 code set and set a new compliance date of Oct. 1, 2013. The new date gives providers, now using the ICD-9 code ...

Keep Yourself Current With This CME/CEU Activity The newly expanded codes in ICD-10 will grant healthcare professionals greater specificity and clinical accuracy for noting procedures and diagnoses, ...

Nobody needs to go to medical school to know that people have two ears. However, if physicians treat a patient with suppurative, or pus-discharging, otitis media, they don't have to specify left ear, ...

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The Department of Health and Human Services has released the long-awaited ICD-10 codes and extended the compliance date for adopting them from October 1, 2011 to October 1, 2013. The codes and ...

ICD codes are used to classify diagnoses and inpatient procedures and are one of the fundamental elements of healthcare reimbursement. The conversion to the ICD-10 code sets represents a significant ...