For many months now, the AAFP has urged family physicians to prepare for this year's Oct. 1 deadline for implementation of the ICD-10-CM code sets for outpatient diagnostic coding. For many months now ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressed several misunderstandings around ICD-10 in its ICD-10-CM/PCS Myths and Facts guide. While CMS debunked some of the most ...

On April 1, your revenue cycle will have additional diagnosis code options to further capture social determinants of health. The CDC just released upcoming changes to both the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code ...

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

An aortic dissection is a serious condition in which a tear occurs in the inner layer of the aorta. Blood flows through the tear, causing the inner and middle layers of the aorta to split or dissect.

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 ...

Emergency departments will feel negative impacts from the changeover to the new ICD-10 coding system, according to a paper published this month in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Currently ...