With the implementation of ICD-10, the number of diagnostic codes increased from 13,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes. The influx of codes brought a lot of apprehension, and many providers were ...

Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical ...

ICD-10 — the 10th version of the World Health Organization’s medical classification system — will be used to code healthcare claims in the U.S. beginning Oct. 1, 2015. Here are 15 things to know about ...

The 70,000 diagnostic codes known as ICD-10 made their long and nervously awaited debut in medical practices today. Claims for any service performed on October 1 and beyond must bear one or more of ...

Editor's note: For more on this topic, stay tuned for an upcoming Health Policy Brief update on transitioning to ICD-10. The on again, off again plans for ICD-10 code set implementation leaves many ...

Diagnosis and treatment planning are arguably the centerpiece of dental practice. Quantifying and recording a patient's complete set of dental and medical diagnoses requires the use of a common coding ...

WASHINGTON – Complex rehab technology (CRT) stakeholders were pleasantly surprised when CMS recently removed the ICD-10 ...

But here’s the thing: ICD-10 contains 69,823 diagnosis codes. In other words, MedData missed a few. C’mon, guys. Finish the job! UPDATE, Oct. 21: MedData Marketing Manager Sean Biehle informs us that ...

Use of this code usually goes up around Thanksgiving time. If a duck acts as an accomplice, there’s a code for that too (W61.62X). MPR, a trusted source of medical news and feature content for ...

Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical ...