A CMS-developed ICD-10-CM course, available through CITI Program's training platform, helps non-coders improve ...

1. Ask outsourced coding vendors for documentation on ICD-10 transition plans. Many ASCs outsource their coding to third-party vendors, meaning surgery center leaders must speak to vendors about their ...

Steve Claypool, MD, is vice president of clinical development and informatics, and Allison Errickson, CPC-H, is director of coding compliance and content, Clinical Solutions Division, for ProVation ...

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, ...

The 2026 ICD-10 updates bring hundreds of new, more specific codes, stricter documentation requirements, and AI-driven payer reviews catching more errors than ever. Practices that don’t adapt risk ...

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 a little more than a week, on June 21, the summer solstice will occur. That’s the day when the Earth’s axis is tilted at its closest point from the sun. This means that in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

On October 1, 2014, a new version of diagnosis coding -- the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) [1]-- goes into effect. A significant change for ...

ICD-10 has 140,000 codes, compared with 18,000 for ICD-9. Doctors and hospitals have spent millions upgrading their computer systems. New codes could be coming in just three years. Dr. Kenneth Chern, ...