asthma icd-10 codes The new ICD-10 coding system may seem inappropriate for some disease models, but asthma care may benefit from the required changes. The new ICD-10 codes are fully implemented, and ...

At the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 11, Fletcher Lance, vice president and national healthcare lead at North Highland, and Cody Schmits, manager at North Highland, ...

SALT LAKE CITY – As if upgrading the nation’s ICD-9 code set for diseases and treatment to ICD-10, with its many thousands more codes, were not enough of a challenge for health information managers at ...

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 ...

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 ...

The proposed switch from ICD-9 codes sets to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification will be a huge information technology challenge for the U.S. healthcare ...

Not since Jan. 1, 2000, have so many industry professionals had their eyes on a deadline as they do on Oct. 1, 2015. Questions abound regarding the financial repercussions of the coding format ...