ORLANDO, FL – Converting to the ICD-10 medical diagnosis code set isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s likely to be complicated and expensive, and may entail a loss of productivity that could take five ...

CMS has updated its 1500 Claim Form to prepare for the ICD-10 code set. The new CMS-1500 form version 02/12 will replace the version 08/05 and give providers the choice of using ICD-9 or 10 diagnosis ...

In this Q&A, Leigh Poland, vice president of Coding Services, Clinical Quality and Education at AGS Health, examines what healthcare organizations need to do to prepare for the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM ...

The government is considering a delay, but that doesn't mean you should. Notwithstanding its prior insistence that there would be no delays in the planned transition to ICD-10, the U.S. Department of ...

Implementation planning for ICD-10 should precede code set training because the planning process will take much longer, according to an AAPC report. Kim Reid, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I, director of ...

Effective April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, a new diagnosis code U07.1 was added to the ICD-10-CM code set for the novel coronavirus COVID-19: U07.1. The ICD-10-CM Official Coding and ...

Many healthcare organizations are focusing on being ready for the ICD-10 changeover on Oct. 1. Just as important is what will come after that. This is legend. The fear is that ICD-10 code set is so ...

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10), is a clinical cataloging system that went into effect for the U.S. healthcare industry on Oct. 1, 2015, after a series of lengthy ...