The impending switch to ICD-10 is causing widespread concern over the associated costs and time required. How is this concern affecting physician staffing decisions? Here are two statistics from ...

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 ...

Medical practice executives are deeply worried about the anticipated cost, loss of productivity and clinical documentation changes for ICD-10 conversion, finds a new study from the Medical Group ...

For the last couple weeks I’ve been on a search for software based coding tools that are used for coding ICD-10 diagnosis codes for the purpose of claims submission. I’m looking for something better ...

The first successful end-to-end test of ICD-10 coding scored more than eight out of 10 correctly, prompting outgoing CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner to proclaim that "CMS is ready for ICD-10." ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday said it will not deny claims under the Part B physician fee schedule based on ICD-10 coding errors, a decision supported by bitter ICD-10 ...

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 ...