CMS has developed an online ICD-10 implementation guide and released it at Health IT Week Sept. 16 to 20. The tool includes an overview of the new code set and transitional guidance for practices of ...

In roughly one year, Oct. 1, 2014, the U.S. healthcare system will finally make the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10, and CMS has created a new online ICD-10 implementation guide to help providers ...

The Academy of Professional Coders has announced a comprehensive, five-year ICD-10 training plan, which is intended to guide providers, payors and coders through the ICD-10 implementation process, ...

Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressed several misunderstandings around ICD-10 in its ICD-10-CM/PCS Myths and Facts guide. While CMS debunked some of the most ...

American Medical Association President and CEO James L. Madara, MD, has urged HHS to reconsider making physicians convert to ICD-10. In a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this month, Dr.

I don't mean to scare you but there is a bit more to this ICD-10 transition than buying software and learning ICD-10 codes. The ICD-10 transition could affect every department at a healthcare system.

Among healthcare industry bodies that lobby, the American Medical Association (AMA) has few equals. Look no further than the new ICD-10 compliance date for evidence bearing out that assertion. The AMA ...

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services decision to delay implementation of ICD-10 likely will have far-reaching, negative ramifications for health insurers. One of the biggest problems in ...

Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that it would require the use of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), set of diagnostic codes ...