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ICD-10
ICD-10
Got Resources?
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Check out the following sites for more information on how your team can prepare for ICD-10: Role-specific Resources Inpatient Coder Outpatient Coder Physicians General Resources Journal of AHIMA, AHIMA’s ICD-TEN newsletter, AHIMA’s CodeWrite newsletter, other resources available on AHIMA’s ICD-10 Web…
ICD-10 Implementation & Impact
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ICD-10-CM is a clinical modification of the World Health Organization’s ICD-10, which consists of a diagnostic classification system. it includes the level of detail needed for morbidity classification and diagnostic specificity in the United States. It also provides code titles…
No Change to UTMB’s ICD-10 Deadline
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The Executive Steering Committee (ESC) voted to maintain both our deadline and pace for ICD-10 conversion despite a recent HHS announcement relaxing compliance. On February 16, 2012, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius announced that CMS intends to delay the compliance date…
What is ICD-10 PCS?
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ICD-10-PCS is the procedure classification system developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for use in the U.S. for inpatient hospital settings only. The new procedure coding system uses seven alpha or numeric digits and each digit…