Computer assisted indexing can be a huge help in building a solid information architecture. We know that. We live that. However, it doesn't solve all the problems. You still need solid medical coding training to face the challenges that will come with the ICD-10 coding classification transition.
The Document Scanning is a scanning and indexing services provider that works to create efficient indexes for digital scanned images of documents, books, records, etc.
In the middle of the AMA and other professional organizations still seeking to get the ICD-10 coding classification transition delayed or stopped completely, the Association for Health Information Management (AHIMA) is encouraging providers to not stop and wait, but to continue training and preparing.
With the many challenges facing healthcare organizations as they prepare for the ICD-10 coding classification transition, many are seeking help.
ICD-10 is no longer a foreign term to anyone in healthcare and now technology. It is a comprehensive, internationally used list designed to code for diseases and other healthcare conditions. It is scheduled to be implemented in two years on October 1, 2014. This switch to ICD-10 requires software updates and staff training. These are challenges for most and require some help.
We just reported yesterday on the American Medical Association's (AMA) continued battle to stop the ICD-10 coding classification transition that is due to be finished in October 2014. Today, we learn about the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) responses to their protests.
Even with the deadline coming faster and faster, the American Medical Association continues their resistance to the ICD-10 coding classification transition.
We have talked about the various concerns of the impending ICD-10 conversion for quite some time now. Implementing the new coding classification system will have impact on many areas of healthcare, but let us not forget the financial markets and how this could change investors’ views of healthcare organizations.
It is now 2013 and that means healthcare providers will be ramping up their efforts to prepare for the ICD-10 coding classification transition scheduled for October 1, 2014. Providers are scrambling to be prepared in all ways.
As October 1, 2014 approaches, many are working hard preparing for the ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding classification transition. To not be ready would put HIPAA-covered healthcare organizations in a dire position – one without operating capital. Noncompliance would prohibit them from billing for services rendered.