Dual coding will help providers take the step from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and serve the purpose of coding claims for HIPAA and non-HIPAA covered entities. Here are four statistics on whether or not ...

Curtis Dubay, recognized as a leading expert on taxation issues, is a former research fellow in tax and economic policy. The House of Representatives recently passed H.R 4302, a temporary "fix" to the ...

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 ...

DocAssistant’s free AI coding tool gives billing teams, administrators, and clinicians instant, intelligent access to all 70,000+ ICD-10 codes at no cost. SAN DIEGO ...

On October 1, 2014, all health plans, health data clearinghouses, and health care providers that transmit health information electronically must use a new, significantly broader, coding system, called ...

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 ...

One of the issues that doesn't come up very often when discussing ICD-10 implementation is fraud. A simple definition refers to incidents where people get more money than they are entitled to. It's ...

Despite the recent news of a delay in the implantation date, ICD-10 remains a priority for healthcare, and those hospital executives who aren’t concerned about clinical coder productivity declines may ...

Even with a firm compliance deadline in place, physician practices have their work cut out for them in preparing for conversion to ICD-10 coding by Oct. 1, 2014. The long-anticipated transition daunts ...

Please can you give a brief overview of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10)? ICD-10 is the tenth revision to the World Health ...