The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday announced the finalization of a rule that will delay by one year the deadline for healthcare providers to implement the ICD-10 medical ...

SNOMED was so important to healthcare's switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10 medical coding, ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari, MD says, that he was willing to support the one-year delay to achieve the necessary ...

Nobody needs to go to medical school to know that people have two ears. However, if physicians treat a patient with suppurative, or pus-discharging, otitis media, they don't have to specify left ear, ...

Steve Claypool, MD, is vice president of clinical development and informatics, and Allison Errickson, CPC-H, is director of coding compliance and content, Clinical Solutions Division, for ProVation ...

As a health care leader, it is your job to navigate resource allocation and reduce administrative burden. Canada’s strict ICD ...

The transition to the ICD-10 medical coding system will increase the number of medical codes from 18,000 to 140,000, mandating significantly more detail for diagnoses and procedures, according to a ...

Atigeo sources explained that its xPatterns platform enables a breakthrough ICD-10 coding solution that streamlines the compliance process optimally. Using xPatterns, ICD coders link to a portion or ...

On October 1, 2014, a new version of diagnosis coding -- the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) [1]-- goes into effect. A significant change for ...

An ectopic pregnancy is reported using an ICD-10-CM code from category O00.- (ectopic pregnancy), which is divided into five subcategories. A version of this article was first published January 15, ...

No two patients are the same. Furthermore, therapists know well that no two patients with dementia are ever the same. We have long awaited greater specificity in coding for the persons we serve daily ...