Earlier this month, CMS released a quick tip sheet “Communicating with your Payers about ICD-10.” In it, the agency listed several questions...Read More »
ICD-10-CM/PCS incorporates laterality, acuity, anatomical specificity, and a slew of additional combination and complication codes. Who will...Read More »
A clear understanding of the definition of principal diagnosis and the factors that play into principal diagnosis selection is extremely important...Read More »
The following is a condensed, step-by-step guide that can be used for hospitalwide ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation, but contains additional details...Read More »
The switch from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS is set and it isn’t going to change. There is no waiting for ICD-11, no two-year delay until 2015. But...Read More »
On August 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay of ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. The new deadline...Read More »
