Understanding the ICD-10 Impact on Dental Billing Practices

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div align="justify"> If you are a dental practitioner, with the <a href="http://icd-10-training.blogspot.com/">ICD 10 implementation</a> deadline nearing, you are worried not just about successfully transitioning to ICD 10 CM. But also whether you fully understand ICD 10, for example, do you understand its coding intricacies, is your dental practice geared to be on ICD without any operational or financial adversities, is your practice technologically ready to handle ICD 10 and so on.</div> <div align="justify"> <br /></div> <div align="justify"> The need to <a href="http://icd-10-training.blogspot.com/2012/12/three-action-steps-for-icd-10.html">understand ICD 10</a> and its applications intricately is more important than it was to understand ICD 9. ICD 10 is more specific in nature than its predecessor accounting for finer ailments and sub-ailments which either used to be covered by fewer codes, each code covering multiple sub-conditions, or altogether miss being covered.</div> <div align="justify"> <br /></div> In the context of dentistry, by netting these finer dental areas in its coding network through greater classifications, ICD 10 CM (with approximately 69,000 codes) presents you the opportunity to claim the areas of dental billing which previously used to go unclaimed or result in rejected claims falling out of a less coherent net of ICD 9 CM with 13,600 codes, amounting to sizable chunks of unpaid dental services. <br /> <div align="justify"> <strong><br /></strong></div> <div align="justify"> <strong>However, this intricate nature also requires a nuanced understanding for <a href="http://medicalbillerscompanies.blogspot.com/">billing and coding success</a>.</strong></div> <div align="justify"> <strong><br /></strong></div> <div align="justify"> The procedural and diagnostic codes contained in ICD 10 CM are available under two categories, Diseases of the Digestive System and Factors influencing health status and contact with health services. This means you not only have to figure out which codes will apply to the services you provide but also establish documentarily that they belong to the ICD 10 categories and subcategories you are coding them under. These areas are key to billing and coding and although these may be just two areas – coding and supporting documentation – they have a wide impact cutting across operations of your dental practice.</div> <div align="justify"> <br /></div> <div align="justify"> <strong>To address these areas related to dental billing, you have to: </strong></div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Train your staff on <a href="http://cmsandcodingupdates.blogspot.com/">ICD 10 CM charting and coding</a></li> <li>Perform a successful cross-walk between treatment and diagnostic codes</li> <li>Ensure proper storage of documentation and diagnostic records for easy reference and usage</li> <li>Check management of processes like patient cost and quotes, patient scripting, claim submission etc</li> </ul> <div align="justify"> MBC has helped several dental practices, both in small and big cities of the US, to overcome their ICD 10 CM dental medical billing concerns – transition to ICD 10 CM successfully and be on it smoothly. MBC’s Revenue Management Consulting services can help you by assessing your revenue management cycle and gearing it up for ICD 10 by facilitating smooth flow of dental data, installation of proper software applications and providing guidance on staff training on how to handle ICD 10 CM.</div> <div align="justify"> <br /></div> <div class="p_image_seperator"> <strong>We can help you to understand and prepare for:</strong></div> <ul> <li>ICD 10 impact on your dental practice</li> <li>Basics of ICD 10 implementation for dental billing</li> <li>Documentation challenges related to dental billing</li> <li>The new <a href="http://icd-10-training.blogspot.com/2013/02/icd-10-spotlight-know-codes-coding.html">ICD-10 coding</a> structure</li> </ul> <div align="justify"> Medicalbillersandcoders.com the largest consortium of billers and coders in the US, has also been helping many dental practices overcome ICD 10 concerns with its Outsourcing services handling the entire range of activities involved in dental <a href="http://medicalbillerscompanies.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-radiologists-can-refine-their.html">medical billing and coding</a> starting from preparation of claims through submission to post-submission follow-ups. Our service modules are flexible that allow you to pick and choose only those bits and pieces of our services that meet your coding needs so that you can avoid paying additional cost.</div> </div>

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Don’t let ICD-10 Coding Changes Disrupt Cash Flow of Your Practice

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The deadline to implement ICD-10 is approaching and it has become extremely important for practices to make necessary preparations. Transition to the new coding system will require significant changes in all aspects of medical reimbursement including providers, payers, vendors, billers and so on. If there is lack of preparation it will lead to disruption in the revenue cycle of practices.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Challenges related to <a href="http://www.medicalbillersandcoders.com/ICD-10.aspx" target="_blank" title="ICD-10">ICD-10</a>:</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Apart from buying new technology and learning new codes there are various difficulties in ICD-10 implementation that might lead to disrupted cash flow of your practice:</div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Under project planning challenges, practices will have to establish co- ordination and schedule meetings, conduct training and education sessions, hire consultants, communicate with vendors and create impact assessments</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Practices will have to face financial planning challenges under which DRG shifts, payer delays, decline in productivity of coders and operational costs incurred in hiring certified coders will create financial problems</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Computer-assisted coding will have to be implemented, workplace will have to be enhanced and EHR will have to be upgraded if practices want to avoid challenges related to productivity due to ICD-10</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Practices will have to invest time in informing all staff members about coding changes and establish co-ordination with vendors, healthcare payers and consultants</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Clinical documentation will also change as per ICD-10 and in case of errors, it will become difficult to submit accurate claims</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How can ICD-10 disrupt cash flow of your practice?</b><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A lot of planning and effort will be required to ensure that the above-mentioned challenges don’t affect the <a href="http://www.medicalbillersandcoders.com/services.aspx" target="_blank" title="Revenue Cycle Management">revenue cycle management</a> of your practice.</div> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Cash flow will get disrupted if the coders at your practice are not trained to handle the new code sets</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Since ICD-10 implementation will increase time for medical claim processing, your billing staff will have to be efficient in claim filing or else it will lead to delayed or no payment</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>With ICD-10, clinicians and physicians will have to devote more time to attend increased queries. The new coding system will increase documentation requirements and if physicians don’t pay attention on this aspect, coding will not be accurate, again resulting in delayed or lost payment</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li>Patient number will increase, leaving providers with less time to train staff, revise forms, documents and encounter forms and if this is not handled on time, it can affect the financial health of practices</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Due to lack of time, money and resources, a large number of practices are not able to prepare for ICD-10 transition the way they should. Instead, they are seeking help from a billing partner to handle all the issues and ensure timely payments.<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Medicalbillersandcoders.com is the largest consortium of coders and billers that can help your practice in smooth transition to ICD-10. Our team has the required expertise to handle coding changes, eliminating your headache of hiring, training, technology upgrading and so on. MBC will strengthen your revenue cycle and give you ample time to focus on patient care.</div> </div>

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