Earlier this month, President Barack Obama signed legislation that delays the transition to ICD-10 coding by at least one year. In the wake of that announcement, providers, health insurers and others ...
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 ...
This installment in FPM's ICD-10 series explains the guidelines for coding hypertension. Because ICD-10 can be a distressing topic, let's start with some good news: Hypertension has a limited number ...
FPM's ICD-10 coding series continues with a look at how to code immunizations, routine health exams, and common preventive screenings. You have no doubt heard about the eight-fold increase in ...