Last year, the HIPAA electronic claims standard changed from version 4010 to 5010, and the transition served as a lesson for the upcoming switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10. The Centers for Medicare and ...

There is no doubt that the U.S. healthcare system will transition to ICD-10. Whether it happens in 2011, as proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), or at a later date, it is ...

Because codes for Patient Safety Indicators often do not map directly from ICD-9 to ICD-10, the transition to ICD-10 may cause the frequency of adverse events to be misreported, according to a recent ...

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 ...

Inflammatory arthritis codes increased 30-fold in the transition from the ninth to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9 and -10), yet few were used in clinical ...

HHS's proposed delay for the ICD-10 transition has spurred both support and criticism from various professional organizations, including the AMA, HIMSS, and the AHA. Despite disagreement on the ...

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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 ...

At the AHIMA National Convention in Chicago, attendees had one eye on the Presidential election and one on the conference. Now that the election cycle is over, healthcare regulatory compliance ...

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Christy A. May and Kathy Lindstrom of ProVation gave a presentation titled “Physician Engagement ...

General Dynamics Information Technology, the information technology (IT) unit of General Dynamics, announced its new partnership with TIBCO Software, a business integration and process management ...

As ICD-10 draws ever closer, coders, physicians and the IT folks who support them are wondering how they will locate ICD-10 codes when the time comes. Already we're seeing a raft of new smartphone ...