WASHINGTON – Complex rehab technology (CRT) stakeholders were pleasantly surprised when CMS recently removed the ICD-10 ...

No two patients are the same. Furthermore, therapists know well that no two patients with dementia are ever the same. We have long awaited greater specificity in coding for the persons we serve daily ...

The AMA is working to develop CPT codes for testing of COVID-19, which would allow physicians to bill for testing of the disease. The CDC also plans to add a new diagnosis code for COVID-19 in October ...

Central Learning’s national 2016 ICD-10 coding contest highlighted the converse relationship between coding accuracy and productivity across inpatient, ambulatory and emergency settings. Central ...

The fiscal year 2021 update to the ICD-10-CM code set introduced new codes to describe cytokine release syndrome (CRS), also known as a cytokine storm. A version of this article was first published ...

ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, and will require health care organizations to switch from the soon-to-be outdated ICD-9. Srividya ...

Ambience Healthcare rolled out an ICD-10 clinical document integrity assistant for inpatient care, aiming to help hospitalists document more accurate clinical notes and reduce billing and coding ...

In an editorial for AAPC, Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPC-I, CPMA, CGSC, CPEDC, COBGC, CENTC, encouraged coders to brush up on anatomy and pathophysiology for coding fractures in preparation for ICD-10 ...

A new House bill would require a transition period for ICD-10 by mandating dual coding in ICD-9 and ICD-10 for six months. The legislation, the Code-FLEX Act, introduced by Reps. Marsha Blackburn ...

Many physicians deal with patients' injuries, ranging from tick removal by a primary care physician to a broken leg treated by an emergency department physician or the injuries and wounds of varying ...