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In 1 month, the US healthcare system will transition to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), whether or not physicians are ready to implement the new coding system.
ICD-10 is here. But are there adequate ICD-10 coding tools? Here's a list of what's available and why many are not good enough.
The fiscal year 2021 update to the ICD-10-CM code set introduced new codes to describe cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as a cytokine storm.
Congress should recognize the enormous impact the ICD-10 would have on the medical profession and stop or delay its implementation.
Cold antibody hemolytic anemia is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by the premature destruction of red blood cells by autoantibodies at temperatures of approximately 0 to 10 degrees Celsius.
Physicians will no longer be able to choose an unspecified diagnostic code when the clinical documentation supports a more specific one; just be in the right family of codes.
Now at almost the 9-month mark, the implementation of the new ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and. Related Health Problems, 10th Revision) diagnostic codes by ...
Engaging in dual coding as the deadline to transition to ICD-10 moves closer to reality is not an optimal strategy, according to Walter Houlihan, director of health information management and ...
Coding accuracy under ICD-10 is gradually improving, according to a post at ICD10Monitor, but it’s not yet at the same level that was achieved under its predecessor.
Findings published in JAMA Network Open show ICD-10 codes perform poorly in capturing COVID-19-related symptoms, highlighting the critical need for meticulous data validation to feed multicenter ...
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