In 2011, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles did what many providers were hesitant to do: It decided to tackle ICD-10 as an inevitable change and began its work to transition to the new system.

Atlanta-based health IT solutions company Jvion recently released a whitepaper and detailed the biggest ICD-10 lessons practices should learn for documentation success, according to an HIT Consultant ...

To be honest, I can't quite remember the first time I heard the term "ICD-10." But I'm confident that when I did, I dismissed it as a "coding thing" that wouldn't be of interest to my audience of CIOs ...

Almost every major country except the United States has made the move to ICD-10, which means we can glean a lot from looking at their experiences. ICD-10 Watch community site editor Tom Sullivan ...

The Healthcare Billing and Management Association testified before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics’ Subcommittee on Standards in Washington, D.C., on mistakes the healthcare ...

For the most part, the largest U.S. healthcare providers have been very organized and prepared for ICD-10 implementation. Is there anything we can learn from their experience? New York University ...

The fiscal year 2021 update to the ICD-10-CM code set introduced new codes to describe cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as a cytokine storm. A version of this article was first published ...

For the last couple weeks I’ve been on a search for software based coding tools that are used for coding ICD-10 diagnosis codes for the purpose of claims submission. I’m looking for something better ...

Diagnosis coding is the forgotten stepchild in medical practices. Physician coding has focused on Current Procedural Terminology codes, which drives revenue when services are provided under a ...

This week, a nice article in the Boston Globe appeared on Boston Scientific’s subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator (S-ICD) that recently received FDA approval. It was a fairly balanced ...

In 2011, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles did what many providers were hesitant to do: It decided to tackle ICD-10 as an inevitable change and began its work to transition to the new system.

Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout the Patient Journey While many healthcare providers believe that improving the patient financial experience is a critical step for their ...