ICD-10-CM coding can be challenging for coders in the outpatient setting. It is important to remember that the Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide a road map to ensure ...

ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, and will require health care organizations to switch from the soon-to-be outdated ICD-9. Srividya ...

Kathy DeVault, manager of professional practice resources at AHIMA, encourages practices to begin training coders and billers now on ICD-10 because of the amount of codes to learn, according to EHR ...

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 ...

Meta Health Technology has introduced two ICD-10 online learning tools to assist healthcare professionals in learning the ICD-10 code set that will go into effect Oct. 1, 2013. The online learning ...

The transition to ICD-10 is already beginning to change the make-up of coding staffs. While ICD-9 coders, aka Niners, tended to be predominantly middle-aged women unready or unwilling to learn the new ...