With the Oct. 1, 2015, deadline fast-approaching, is your organization ready for ICD-10? Here's a quick readiness assessment to benchmark where you are – and where you should consider being. The ...

1. Ask outsourced coding vendors for documentation on ICD-10 transition plans. Many ASCs outsource their coding to third-party vendors, meaning surgery center leaders must speak to vendors about their ...

In a move that heralds sweeping change in how medical bills are coded, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposed regulation to change the ICD-9 code sets with ICD-10 code ...

Misinformation and misunderstandings surround ICD-10 as the go-live date nears. One result is that too many providers have yet to conduct testing. They should take advantage of CMS's grace period, ...

The new ICD-10 diagnostic codes that took effect on October 1 aroused the kind of fears one might feel reading the Book of Revelation. A seven-headed beast of a code set was going to wreak havoc on ...

Medi-Cal is one of four state Medicaid programs that will not fully transition to ICD-10 code sets by the Oct. 1 deadline to do so, Modern Healthcare reports. Medi-Cal instead will use a technique to ...