Nobody needs to go to medical school to know that people have two ears. However, if physicians treat a patient with suppurative, or pus-discharging, otitis media, they don't have to specify left ear, ...

ORLANDO, FL – Converting to the ICD-10 medical diagnosis code set isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s likely to be complicated and expensive, and may entail a loss of productivity that could take five ...

Many healthcare organizations are focusing on being ready for the ICD-10 changeover on Oct. 1. Just as important is what will come after that. This is legend. The fear is that ICD-10 code set is so ...

Implementation planning for ICD-10 should precede code set training because the planning process will take much longer, according to an AAPC report. Kim Reid, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I, director of ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) says it wants the ICD-10 implementation date delayed to Oct. 1, 2015. Executive vice president and CEO James Madara has sent a letter (48K PDF download) to the ...

Healthcare professionals and ambulatory surgery centers nationwide will be slowly transitioning to the ICD-10 code set in attempts to meet the Oct. 1, 2014, deadline for implementation. Here are seven ...

A national organization representing healthcare CIOs and other senior IT leaders is upset about U.S. government plans to delay a deadline requiring a new medical coding system. The College of ...

Effective April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, a new diagnosis code U07.1 was added to the ICD-10-CM code set for the novel coronavirus COVID-19: U07.1. The ICD-10-CM Official Coding and ...