ICD-9 codes provide a wealth of statistical information for healthcare organizations. There are many details that are captured within each code that tell a...
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I haven’t written anything about ICD-10 yet and it’s probably because I’m still cautiously optimistic about the October 1, 2015...
In response to Jennifer Della’Zanna’s post on putting crazy ICD-10 codes in perspective, I wrote about the funny ICD-9 codes over on EMR and HIPAA...
The following is a guest blog post by Jennifer Della’Zanna, medical writer and online instructor for Education2Go. Exhibit A: W55.21XA Bitten by a cow, initial...
The following is a guest blog post by Harold R Gibson, Chief Financial Officer at M-Scribe Technologies, LLC. A full-service medical billing company does more...
In my post on funny ICD-10 codes ruining the ICD-10 brand, I briefly commented how there’s no ICD-9 code for Ebola, but that there is one for ICD-10...
The following is a guest blog post by Jennifer Bergeron, Learning and Development Manager at The Breakaway Group (A Xerox Company). Check out all of the blog...
In case you missed the news, ICD-10 has been delayed a year. It’s likely that we’ll be taking a break from talking about ICD-10 for the next 6-10...
The following is a guest blog post by Dana Deardorff. Are you concerned about the upcoming changes in coding? The following are answers to frequently asked...
At least half a dozen folks have asked me to explain why HHS is mandating the transition to ICD-10. So I thought I’d write a blog post about the subject...