No two patients are the same. Furthermore, therapists know well that no two patients with dementia are ever the same. We have long awaited greater specificity in coding for the persons we serve daily ...

The third set of codes used by physician practices are those that indicate a diagnosis: the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). The version of ...

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. A version of this article was first published ...

On Oct. 1, 2013, ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) and ICD-10-PCS (procedural coding system) will be implemented into the HIPAA mandated code, increasing the number of codes from around 13,600 under ...

Even if October 1, 2014, still seems a long way off, the time to prepare your practice to transition to ICD-10 coding is now--especially when it comes to training, which will entail significant time, ...

For ICD-10 changes this year, the devil's in the details. When ICD-10 was first implemented on Oct. 1, 2015, it was a nail-biting flip of the switch and then a sigh of relief when denials didn't mount ...

Five top challenges of ICD-10 have been outlined by PatientKeeper, a data management system for physicians, at their User Group Conference for financial applications in Denver, Colo. The conference, ...

Last week, President Barack Obama signed legislation that delays the transition to ICD-10 coding by at least one year. Following the announcement, providers, health insurers and others who were ...