The ICD-10 implementation date was delayed not once or twice, but three times. And during that delay, global plans to move forward to ICD-11 are already in the works. The U.S. is set to transition to ...
Paul Levy, prominent blogger and former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has questioned whether ICD-10 is worth the time, effort and cost to providers. In a post ...
No two patients are the same. Furthermore, therapists know well that no two patients with dementia are ever the same. We have long awaited greater specificity in coding for the persons we serve daily ...
Medical coders have a strong incentive for mastering ICD-10 coding. Physicians not so much. Ken Bradley, vice president of strategic planning at Navicure, released the whitepaper, "Engaging Physicians ...
Why is ICD-10 a hot topic again? ICD-10 coding should be high-priority on everyone’s list this year as we await the rollout of the Patient-Driven Payment Model. I do not think it can be stressed ...
1. Ask outsourced coding vendors for documentation on ICD-10 transition plans. Many ASCs outsource their coding to third-party vendors, meaning surgery center leaders must speak to vendors about their ...
Inflammatory arthritis codes increased 30-fold in the transition from the ninth to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9 and -10), yet few were used in clinical ...
On April 1, your revenue cycle will have additional diagnosis code options to further capture social determinants of health. The CDC just released upcoming changes to both the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code ...
I just read a blog by Dr. Dayle Jones that could have an important influence in the endgame effort to save DSM 5 from itself. See it at http://my.counseling.org/2011 ...
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