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If you are remotely connected to the healthcare field, the term ICD-10 is not a foreign one. Front office, back office, provider, biller – whatever role you play, you know about the transition to the ICD-10 coding classification. This upgrade is massive on any scale and the shift will bump the number of codes used to classify illness for reimbursement will multiply times five.

Health Language, Inc. has launched a new version of its terminology to include clinician friendly synonyms and more than 100,000 attributes for ICD-10-CM.

The ICD-10 transition affects every person in your practice or organization. This isn’t a time to surprise them with details.

ChartWise Medical Systems’s flagship product now provides support for both the current ICD-9 and upcoming ICD-10 coding systems. The ICD-10 transition deadline is scheduled for October 2013 and becoming more and more the subject of much discussion in the healthcare technology industry.

The ICD-10 transition is underway in preparation for the October 2013 deadline. Many healthcare providers have begun the training process of the transition, which is very important.

HCPro, Inc. will be bringing together leading industry experts on coding and ICD-10 for three days of presentations and discussion, from February 29-March 2nd, 2012. The JustCoding Virtual Summit: ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS is an online event and features two educational tracks: one for HIM Directors and Coding Supervisors, and one for Inpatient and Outpatient Coders.

One blogger compared the impending ICD-10 coding classification transition to the movie, The Perfect Storm. As challenging as the process is, I don’t know that it will be as tragic and dramatic as that. It will, however, be one of the most important milestones in healthcare technology.

Health Language, Inc has launched a new version of its provider friendly terminology (PFT) to include clinician friendly synonyms and more than 100,000 attributes for ICD-10-CM.