With the implementation of ICD-10, the number of diagnostic codes increased from 13,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes. The influx of codes brought a lot of apprehension, and many providers were ...
Don't cancel your next ICD-10 steering committee meeting. I know that acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Marilyn Tavenner promised to re-examine the ICD-10 timeline ...
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, ...