In a Medscape Business of Medicine article, Betsy Nicoletti, owner of Medical Practice Consulting, discusses making the ICD-10 transition and lays out four steps that medical practices should include ...
CMS is encouraging all ASCs and hospitals to begin prepping for the ICD-10 transition, though the final implementation deadline is expected to be in late 2014. Here are five of their suggestions for ...
As part of a broad campaign titled “ICD-10 Changes Everything,” the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) has sketched a road map providers can use to reach ICD-10 compliance and do so by the ...
launched its newest generation of coding technology. Optum Enterprise CAC, a computer-assisted coding (CAC) platform, helps hospitals accelerate their transition to ICD-10, increase productivity and ...
CMS has provided ICD-10-CM coding updates for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2019, and ending Sept. 30, 2020. 1. The updated ICD-10-CM codes are for discharges and patient encounters taking place ...
On October 1, 2014, a new version of diagnosis coding -- the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) [1]-- goes into effect. A significant change for ...
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 ...