The implementation of ICD-10 will transform the practice of medicine itself. The first major alteration to the International Classification of Diseases in decades is arriving. Or, more accurately, it ...

Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical ...

Earley Law Group reports how ICD-10 codes are used to classify slip-and-fall injuries for treatment, insurance, and liability ...

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 ...

Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately, ...

As insurance payers increasingly rely on automation and algorithm-driven claim reviews, emergency physician groups face growing financial risk. Instead of evaluating the full clinical picture, many ...

Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical ...