ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434, and V12.54 demonstrated high PPVs for identifying confirmed cerebral events across care settings. Codes recorded in both inpatient and outpatient settings had higher PPVs but ...

Diabetes included both type I and type II and was defined as any occurrence of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition (ICD-9) diagnosis codes 250.xx, 357.2, 362.0x, or 366.41; ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a list of new and invalid ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes, effective Oct. 1, according a report from the American Academy of Professional ...

Two ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes are no longer eligible for a co-morbidity payment adjustment under the End-State Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, according to a release by the American ...

Many healthcare associations and experts have urged providers to begin preparing for ICD-10 now even though the deadline is two years away. While starting ICD-10 training now will help hospitals meet ...

The third set of codes used by physician practices are those that indicate a diagnosis: the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). The version of ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio In this issue, Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE ...

A recent study by healthcare business intelligence provider AppRev shows there was a mostly smooth transition from the ICD-9 coding system to ICD-10, according to the company’s CEO and founder, Seth ...

The health care industry is “not progressing at a suitable pace” to be ready for tens of thousands of new government-mandated “ICD-10” codes used to describe diseases and hospital procedures in the ...