The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a fact sheet on ICD-10 and the impending Oct. 1 transition deadline. Here are five things to know from the fact sheet. • ICD-9 is more than ...

We are moving from about 15,000 (ICD-9) to about 70,000 (ICD-10) diagnosis codes. If you are like most healthcare professionals, you’re probably saying to yourself, “IDC-10 is still two years out.

All ICD-10 codes are active and cover most diseases and conditions to assist specialists, medical coders, and other health care providers. Cardiology ICD-10 Codes Dentistry ICD-10 Codes ...

CMS has released a new video detailing some common codes used by cardiologists as designated by the new, more-detailed ICD-10 system. “There are clear benefits to more specific documentation and ...

With healthcare providers across the U.S. working like maniacs to meet the upcoming deadline for switching from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding--a closer-than-it-seems October 1, 2013--CMS has extended a ...

The American Health Information Management Association recently convened an ICD-10 summit in Washington, D.C. There, 69 participants responded to a survey about the delay of ICD-10 implementation ...