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AHA shares new resource on ICD-10-CM coding for social determinants of health
AHA successfully advocated changing the requirement for these codes to be based on information documented by all clinicians involved in the patient’s care instead of physician documentation only. Continue reading
Via: Prepare for Thousands of ICD-10 Code Changes
Despite a chilly reception, ICD-10 was successfully implemented on October 1, 2015. Now it’s time to heat things up. At the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting, March 9-10, 2016, stakeholders proposed 1,900 code changes to ICD-10-CM and several last-minute … Continue reading
CMS Touts Recent ICD-10 Testing as Successful Despite Low Turnout
875 Participants out of 434,163 Affected Providers The most recent ICD-10 tests of claims submissions to Medicare revealed improved acceptance rates compared to January’s tests, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Nevertheless, the number of participants … Continue reading
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Tagged CMS, coalition for icd-10, ICD-10, ICD-10 implementation, icd-10 testing
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AMA Unable to Scrap ICD-10, Seeks Alternatives
“Boycott” Discussion Tabled over Legal Concerns The American Medical Association (AMA) is likely to demand a grace period so that payments to physicians will not be delayed, according to a June 7 report in MedPage Today. More than 500 delegates … Continue reading
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Tagged AHIMA, ama, ama annual meeting, h.r.2247, hr2247, ICD-10, icd-10 delay, ICD-TEN
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H.R. 2247 Introduced, Calls for ICD-10 Transition Plan & Limited Enforcement
Seeks an 18-month Transition Out of Concern for Providers Republicans introduced H.R. 2247, the Increasing Clarity for Doctors by Transitioning Effectively Now Act (ICD-TEN Act) on May 12, calling for an 18-month transition period following the implementation of ICD-10CM/PCS on … Continue reading
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Tagged andy harris, CMS, david poe, Diane Black, h.r.2247, hr2247, ICD-10, ICD-10 implementation, ICD-TEN, ICD-TEN Act, larry bucshon
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H.R. 2126: Another New Bill About ICD-10
Yes, again. Text should be available soon. Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) introduced a bill, H.R. 2126 on April 30, 2015, in yet another effort to prevent the Health and Human Services Secretary from replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 as the standard … Continue reading
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Tagged AHIMA, h.r.2126, hr2126, ICD-10, icd-10 delay, icd-10 hearing, ICD-10 implementation, margarita valdez, ted poe
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Preparing for ICD-10
I’ve worked as a HIM coder for almost 20 years. Our industry has talked about the conversion of ICD-9 to ICD-10 for my whole career. I am very practical and really didn’t see the Feds spending the gobs of money required … Continue reading
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Tagged gina homminga, ICD-10, ICD-10 coding, ICD-10 implementation, no-nonsense coder
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