The switch from coding set ICD-9 to ICD-10 has the potential to improve hospitals’ revenue cycle efficiency, coding accuracy and ability to track data, but only if done right. Hospitals need to ...

They may be in the Big Easy, where the good times roll, but the people in charge of managing health data at hospitals across the country are focused on the hard work of realizing the most benefit they ...

Healthcare providers have more work to do than setting and sticking to a timeline to create a smooth ICD-10 transition, according to Government Health IT. Here are five areas to pay close attention to ...

Despite the rapidly approaching conversion date, recent surveys have shown many providers still have a lot of ground to cover before they’re prepared to take on ICD-10. Although transitioning to ...

Nobody needs to go to medical school to know that people have two ears. However, if physicians treat a patient with suppurative, or pus-discharging, otitis media, they don't have to specify left ear, ...

ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, and will require health care organizations to switch from the soon-to-be outdated ICD-9. Srividya ...

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 ...