There is no doubt that the U.S. healthcare system will transition to ICD-10. Whether it happens in 2011, as proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), or at a later date, it is ...

Because codes for Patient Safety Indicators often do not map directly from ICD-9 to ICD-10, the transition to ICD-10 may cause the frequency of adverse events to be misreported, according to a recent ...

Oct. 1, the ICD-10 transition date, is causing a divide in the healthcare industry between those who are ready and welcoming the change and those who remain hesitant about the coding and billing ...

The ICD-10 transition is a wonderful opportunity for collaboration. More accurately, collaboration is a necessity. ICD-10 is a challenge that requires a great deal of changes. And it's going to take ...

The transition to ICD-10-CM has been a pivotal development in healthcare coding, offering increased specificity and improved clinical data capture compared to its predecessor. This enhanced coding ...

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At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Christy A. May and Kathy Lindstrom of ProVation gave a presentation titled “Physician Engagement ...

The news that someone slipped a provision into the Sustainable Growth Rate patch legislation that will once again delay the transition to ICD-10 is disappointing, and symptomatic of the seemingly ...

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 ...

At the AHIMA National Convention in Chicago, attendees had one eye on the Presidential election and one on the conference. Now that the election cycle is over, healthcare regulatory compliance ...