The October 1 deadline is really just the beginning. As ICD-10 coding gets underway in earnest next month, there will be plenty of questions that need answering for providers nationwide. AHIMA wants ...
Expert, outsourced coders from H.I.M. ON CALL perform ICD-10 coding via remote or onsite options; allowing the hospitals' internal coding team to focus on day-to-day production or ICD-10 training, ...
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 ...
On October 1, 2014, all health plans, health data clearinghouses, and health care providers that transmit health information electronically must use a new, significantly broader, coding system, called ...
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, ...
Though ICD-10 will likely become the standard on Oct. 1, healthcare providers are planning on filing dual claims for some time after the changeover. For outpatients who receive care on both Sept. 30 ...