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 ...

ICD-10 coding isn’t just about billing—it’s the backbone of accurate diagnoses, fair reimbursement, and better patient outcomes. From detailed classification to compliance safeguards, mastering ICD-10 ...

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 ...

ICD-10 implementation has been firmly set for Oct. 1, a swiftly approaching date. Evelyn Pyrdol, Director of Patient Financial Services for Capital Digestive Care, tackles the issue of ICD-10 and ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that it would require the use of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), set of diagnostic codes ...

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, ...

Effective April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, a new diagnosis code U07.1 was added to the ICD-10-CM code set for the novel coronavirus COVID-19: U07.1. The ICD-10-CM Official Coding and ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced three separate testing weeks leading into the implementation of the new ICD-10 coding system on October 1, 2015. The three testing weeks ...