The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a new fact sheet on the ICD-10 coding system healthcare organizations will be required to use by Oct. 1, 2013. According to CMS, the ...

With healthcare providers across the U.S. working like maniacs to meet the upcoming deadline for switching from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding--a closer-than-it-seems October 1, 2013--CMS has extended a ...

Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

With the Oct. 1, 2013, implementation date for adopting the new ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes rapidly approaching, it is critical that practice leaders become aware of the impact this change will have on ...

Analyzing the impact that ICD-10 will have on all aspects of physician practice workflow is an important step in preparation, according to a Physicians Practice report. • Front desk: Front desk staff ...

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) is a classification system that was established and maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO) along with ten other ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a fact sheet on ICD-10 and the impending Oct. 1 transition deadline. Here are five things to know from the fact sheet. • ICD-9 is more than ...