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Top documentation challenges in the ICD-10 transitionTop documentation challenges in the ICD-10 transition

Improving the clinical documentation will be a requirement of the ICD-10 transition. Does it really need to start now? "Once physicians learn to document, you won't need [clinical documentation specialists] anymore," says  Melinda Tully, MSN, CCDS,…

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HIMSS Urges CMS to Maintain ICD-10 Adoption DateHIMSS Urges CMS to Maintain ICD-10 Adoption Date

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has submitted a letter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to reiterate strong support for maint…

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Getting Ready for ICD-10’s Impact on Meaningful UseGetting Ready for ICD-10’s Impact on Meaningful Use

Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program begins in October 2013 for hospitals and January 2014 for eligible professionals, and right after that comes the October 2014 compliance date for the ICD-10 code sets. A session duri…

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Resources for the ICD-10 TransitionResources for the ICD-10 Transition

As a healthcare billing and receivables management software company, Quadax will be impacted by the change to ICD-10 from many angles. Multiple projects are underway to prepare our software applications for ICD-10 and manage the needs of our clie…

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Putting ICD-10 into Practice: Coding exercises and scenariosPutting ICD-10 into Practice: Coding exercises and scenarios

The ICD-10 Spotlight: Know the codes feature that appeared throughout Partners in Health Update last year was designed to communicate various coding conventions, general guidelines, and chapter-specific guidelines in ICD-10. These conventions and…

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ICD-10 Spotlight: Know the codes (Coding Convention/Guideline: Excludes1 and Excludes2, and Borderline Diagnosis Codes)ICD-10 Spotlight: Know the codes (Coding Convention/Guideline: Excludes1 and Excludes2, and Borderline Diagnosis Codes)

Each month, AmeriHealth will feature an example of how ICD-9 codes will translate to ICD-10 codes. We will present coding examples from different specialties and popular disease categories to demonstrate the granularity that the new ICD-10 code set …

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Putting ICD-10 into Practice: Coding exercises and scenariosPutting ICD-10 into Practice: Coding exercises and scenarios

The ICD-10 Spotlight: Know the codes feature that appeared throughout Partners in Health Update last year was designed to communicate various coding conventions, general guidelines, and chapter-specific guidelines in ICD-10. These conventions and gu…

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ICD-10 Impact Assessments: How ready are you to assess vendor readiness?ICD-10 Impact Assessments: How ready are you to assess vendor readiness?

At some point, you're going to have to inventory your healthcare vendors for ICD-10 readiness. That means listing all the products and determining if they use ICD-9 codes. Those will be the software and equipment that need to be upgraded or replaced…

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Online Survey Measures ICD-10 ProgressOnline Survey Measures ICD-10 Progress

Jan. 28—The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) announced a new online survey to measure the progress of ICD-10 implementation nationwide and the impact of the one-year extension to the deadline for compliance (now Oct. 1, 2014). Any in…

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