The continued angst around ICD-10 coding classification transition surfaced in the monthly blog series, “ICD-10 in Real Time.” The many changes in healthcare happening at almost the same time is creating a very unique, one of a kind, perfect storm in the lives of healthcare providers.
This topic was inspired by the article, “Physician Engagement for ICD-10: Is the Doctor In? ,”found on Hospitals and Health Networks. The new ICD-10 coding classification system will have five times the number of codes to use for billing reimbursement than the current ICD-9 does. This is one major reason the anxiety levels are high.
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Melody K. Smith
Sponsored by Access Innovations, the world leader in thesaurus, ontology, and taxonomy creation and metadata application.
